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

Electrical and Plumbing Table Chart

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

Restaurants:

Hypolite-Bordelon Home Museum and Tourist Center: 318-305-9427 

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) 305-9427

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)