Population: 879 Mooringsport was founded in 1837 as Mooring's Port by Timothy Mooring. Cotton was king and the magnificent steamboats plied Caddo Lake with bales of cotton on its way to manufacturers around the world.

Mooringsport native Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter, a blues singer and songwriter known as the King of the 12-String Guitar, lies buried in the nearby cemetery at Shiloh Baptist Church. Leadbelly was famous for songs such as Goodnight, Irene, Midnight Special, House of the Rising Sun, and The Ole Cotton Fields Back Home. A life-size statue of Leadbelly stands on Texas Street in downtown Shreveport gesturing west to the area where he once entertained, now called Ledbetter Heights