[4] It is the smaller principal city of the DeRidder-Fort Johnson South CSA, a Combined Statistical Area that includes the Fort Johnson South (Vernon Parish) and DeRidder (Beauregard Parish) micropolitan areas,[5][6] which had a combined population of 87,988 at the 2010 census.

She ran away from home at an early age and was presumed dead by her family, who only later discovered that she had traveled to the United States.

"Immediately following the purchase of the town site, a ramble of rough houses were hurriedly built out of rough lumber... By 1898 the town consisted of nearly 300 people and a number of shack homes and a sawmill.

West Brothers had a Rous Racket store on the east side of the track."

In April 1904, a large portion of the business section of DeRidder was destroyed by fire.

A grand jury collected enough evidence for this to indict George Smith, a gambler, with setting the fire.

In July 27, 2024, recent DeRidder mayor Misty Dawn Roberts Clanton, an independent who was first elected in 2018, resigned after being investigated for rape of a juvenile and would then be arrested five days later after turning herself in.

[4] The northern section of the Green Acres subdivision, west of highway 171 on the extreme northwest side of DeRidder, extends into Vernon Parish.

Another section of the city, running north along the east side highway 171, up to a parallel with Golden Lantern road, also extends into Vernon Parish.

[13][14] Water and sewage for Green Acres and Country Estates Subdivisions is provided by the independent Green Acres Water & Sewer District #1[15] The building known as the "Old Beauregard Parish Jail" is a structure built in 1914 that is considered one of the most distinctive of its type in the US.

[citation needed] The structure has the characteristics of the collegiate Gothic Revival architectural style, with shallow arches, dormer windows, and a central tower.

Another history-making fact is that each cell had a toilet, shower, lavatory and window.

The walls are 13 to 21 in (0.33 to 0.53 m) thick, made of reinforced concrete with a blasted finish.

On October 4, 1981, it was put on the National Register of Historic Places, along with several other buildings in DeRidder.

[19] As of the 2020 United States census, there were 9,852 people, 3,838 households, and 2,510 families residing in the city.