Business

City Council Meetings are held on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 6:00 p.m. at the Fire Station Community Room located at 512 North Main Street.

Business Licenses

Occupational License Application
Occupational License Table and Charts
Chain Store Table

Chamber of Commerce: 318-253-8599

Clerk of Courts: 318-253-7523

Homeland Security: 318-240-9160 fax: 318-240-9162

District Attorney:
Charles Riddle
417 North Main Street
318-253-6587

Permits and inspection requests documents:

• Building permit application
• Items needed for building permits
  

Police Jury: 318-253-9208

Registrar of Voters: 318-253-7129

Sheriff’s Office: 318-253-4000

Tax Assessor: 318-253-4507

Animal Control: 318-305-0143 or 318-253-9250

Avoyelles Health Unit: 318-253-4528
Avoyelles  Hospital: 318-253-8611
Avoyelles Library: 318-253-7559
Avoyelles Senior Citizens: 318-253-5735

Avoyelles School Board/Schools
221 Tunica Drive West
318-253-5982

Markvilles Headstart
492 Scallan Street
318-253-7500

Marksville Elementary School
430 West Waddil Street
318-253-7464

Marksville High School
407 West Bontempt Street
318-253-9356

Churches:
Church of Deliverance - 431 Elmo Street - 318-240-8420
First Congregational Baptist Church - 215 Legion Drive - 318-253-9568
Holy Ghost Catholic Church - 120 S. Preston St. - 318-253-7131
Life Point Church - 617 N. Main Street - 318-253-5654
Marksville Baptist Church - 640 N. Main Street - 318-253-8724
Marksville United Methodist Church - 651 N. Main Street - 318-253-6918
Pentecostals of Marksville - 411 Benjamin Drive - 318-253-8513
St. John Community Church-Baptist - 531 St. John Street - 318-253-8305
St. Joseph Catholic Church - 221 S. Washington Street - 318-253-7561

Department of Motor Vehicles:
311 North Monroe Street
225-925-6146

Waste Connections (garbage pickup): 318-442-7777

Cable-Media3: 1-866-257-2044

Centerpoint Energy (gas): 1-800-477-0177

Energy (electric): 1-888-368-3749

Hotels and Motels:
Hampton Inn & Suites - 6896 Hwy 1 - 318-253-4892
Paragon Casino Resort - 711 Paragon Place - 318-253-4892 or 800-WIN-1WIN

Motels:
Deluxe Inn  - 221 S. Preston Street - 318-253-7595
Joy's Casino Golf Cabins - 6860 Hwy 1 (Mansura) - 318-253-0175
Ranch House Motel  - 5406 Hwy 1 - 318-253-9507
Terrence Inn Motel  - 915 Tunica Drive West - 318-253-6528

Restaurants:

Hypolite-Bordelon Home Museum and Tourist Center: 318-253-0284 

Hours of Operation

Mondays thru Saturday

9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Admission
Adults $2.00 – Children $1.00

Group Tours call (318) 253-0284

Tour Directors

Parks and Walking tracks:

Edgar Park/Walking Track:  Benjamin Drive	Margaret Michel Walking Track: Hospital Road
Tunica – Biloxi Museum	Marksville State Historic Park 837 Martin Luther King Drive 318-253-8954 or 1-888-253-8954 Marksville@crt.state.la.us 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. closed on  Mondays, Thanksgiving, Christmas & New Years Admission: $4.00 per person Senior Citizens (62) + & Children under 12 free Groups (please call in advance)