CROWLEY, a city in south-western Louisiana, U.S.A. ; the capital of Acadia parish. It is on Federal highway 90, and is served by the Missouri Pacific, the Southern Pacific and the Texas and Pacific railways. The population in 192o was 6,108; in 193o, 7,656 by U.S. census. Population of rural district (1931) 6,o58. It is the centre of a rice-growing district. Acadia parish in 1927 produced 283,500,000 lb. of rice, and has 11 rice-mills, six of which are at Crowley. The city has a large trade in tractors and other agricultural machinery. Crowley was settled in 1887, and was incorporated in 1889.