Pelican is an unincorporated community in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, United States.

The community is at the junction of Louisiana Highways 483 and 513, 12.6 miles (20.3 km) south-southeast of Mansfield and 30 miles (48 km) north-northwest of Natchitoches.

[3][4] With the population being an estimated 705 people, Pelican is also near an area where a "Civil War Battlefield" takes place.

Pelican is set at a location very near (around 15 min), from Mansfield, Louisiana.

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