Mooringsport is an incorporated municipality in the U.S. state of Louisiana, located in Caddo Parish.

[3] Settled by Alabama and North Carolina settlers in 1836,[4] present-day Mooringsport served as a minor economic hub for steamboats transporting cotton.

From its continued growth into an established settlement, the Kansas City Southern Railway came through the area.

Louisiana Highway 1 bypasses the municipality 2 miles (3 km) to the east.

[6] In 1920, Mooringsport had a historic high of 992 residents; since then, its population has fluctuated to a low of 709 at the 1950 U.S. census, to 911 in 1980.