DeRidder is a small friendly town in central Louisiana. It is located approximately 45 miles north of Lake Charles. The Guiness Book of World Records has DeRidder listed as having more churches per capita than anywhere else in the United States.

The Beauregard Parish jail is now on the National Register of Historic Places.

Boise Cascade Corp., headquartered in Boise, Idaho, has L L C branch, located in Deridder. The DeRidder paper mill has established a record of outstanding performance.