WELCOME TO BOSSIER PARISH P O Box 370 · Benton, LA · 71006 - 0370 204 Burt Boulevard · Courthouse Building, Fourth Floor · Benton, LA · 71006 Phone: (318) 965-2326 · Fax: (318) 965-3712 Contact Us Map Us Bossier Parish was carved out of the Great Natchitoches District on February 24, 1843. It was named after General Pierre Everiste John Baptiste Bossier, descendant of an early settler and a member of Congress when the parish was formed. Fort Kirby Smith was one of four forts and eighteen batteries which formed the Confederate defenses of Bossier City (then Cane City) and Shreveport from 1864-1865. North Bossier boasts the mountain range referred to by geologists as the Ozark Spur. Read more... SUB-TOPICS • Calendar • 4-H • Advisory Leadership Councils • Contact Us • Forestry / Wildlife • Newsletters • Parish Profile • Pest Management • News PUBLICATIONS • Statewide Newsletters • For Sale Publications • Management Guides • Publications Catalog • 4-H Newsletter • Bugs, Bugs, Bugs • Clover Connections • Healthy Kids • Horticulture Hints • Lagniappe Fisheries • Living Well • Nutrition News • Timber Tales   LATEST Bossier Parish Profile 2012 2012 Timber Tales Newsletter Tax Tips for Forest Landowners for the 2011 Tax Year Income Tax Deduction for Timber Casualty Loss 2011-2012 Bossier Parish 4-H Newsletters 2011 4-H University Bossier Parish Advisory Leadership Council 2011 4-H Day at the Capitol Top 10 Yard Tree Problems 4-H Portfolio Click for more information... FEATURED PARISH INFORMATION • Value of Extension • Soil Lab • Plant Diagnostic Center • Parish Economic Profile • State Livestock Show • 2012 Spring Floods