La Barge, Wyoming
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La Barge is a town located in Lincoln County, Wyoming. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 431.
Geography
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Location of La Barge, Wyoming
La Barge is located at 42°15'40" North, 110°11'49" West (42.261139, -110.196974)Template:GR.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.3 km² (0.9 mi²). 2.3 km² (0.9 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 3.33% water.
Demographics
As of the censusTemplate:GR of 2000, there are 431 people, 168 households, and 113 families residing in the town. The population density is 191.3/km² (494.8/mi²). There are 234 housing units at an average density of 103.8/km² (268.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 96.06% White, 0.00% African American, 0.46% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.23% Pacific Islander, 0.70% from other races, and 2.55% from two or more races. 1.86% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There are 168 households out of which 41.1% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.5% are married couples living together, 6.5% have a female householder with no husband present, and 32.7% are non-families. 26.8% of all households are made up of individuals and 5.4% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.57 and the average family size is 3.19.
In the town the population is spread out with 32.5% under the age of 18, 5.8% from 18 to 24, 31.3% from 25 to 44, 24.1% from 45 to 64, and 6.3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 38 years. For every 100 females there are 114.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 112.4 males.
The median income for a household in the town is $38,542, and the median income for a family is $45,179. Males have a median income of $47,222 versus $18,438 for females. The per capita income for the town is $18,837. 12.3% of the population and 9.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 13.2% of those under the age of 18 and 8.6% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
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The town is named for Joseph Marie LaBarge, a French-Canadian Voyegeur turned fur trapper and mountain man, who was born in L'Assumption, Quebec, on 4 July 1787. He came to the U.S. in 1808, canoeing to St Louis, MO, where he met married a woman of Spanish descent, Eulalie Alvarez-Hortiz, and had a family. His traping days were during the 1830s and 1840s after his children were born.
LaBarge was granted U.S. citizenship for his service during the war of 1812. He lived a long life until 20 January 1860 when he slipped on some ice and died from his injuries a few days later.
Joseph is four generations removed from Robert de la Berge, who emigrated to Canada in 1659 from the Normandy region of France. Robert's descendants are wide-spread across the U.S. and Canada, some of whom have themselves entered the history books. Among those are Joseph's son, Captain Joseph Marie LaBarge, Jr, (b. October 1816, d. Apr 1899) who went on to become one of the most well known Missouri riverboat Captains. Another is Michel LaBarge, an explorer for whom Lake LaBarge, near Whitehorse in the Yukon Territories of Canada, is named. There is also a well remembered Canadian patriot, Jean-Baptiste Laberge, who took part in the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1838 in Beauharnois, and was breifly exiled to Canada Bay, Australia. This rebellion is commemorated in Quebec by a public holiday, the Journée nationale des patriotes.