Mooringsport is an incorporated municipality in the U.S. state of Louisiana, located in Caddo Parish. Part of the Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan Place and located nearly 18 miles (29 km) outside of the principal city of Shreveport, the town of Mooringsport had a population of 748 at the 2020 U.S. census.

Settled by Alabama and North Carolina settlers in 1836, present-day Mooringsport served as a teenager economic hub for steamboats transporting cotton. From its continued growth into an conventional settlement, the Kansas City Southern Railway came through the area.

Mooringsport is located in western Caddo Parish at 32°41′13″N 93°57′42″W / 32.68694°N 93.96167°W / 32.68694; -93.96167 (32.687029, -93.961630), on the south shore of Caddo Lake. Louisiana Highway 1 bypasses the municipality 2 miles (3 km) to the east. Downtown Shreveport is approximately 18 miles (29 km) to the southeast. According to the United States Census Bureau in 2010, Mooringsport had a total area of 1.17 square miles (3.04 km), of which 1.16 square miles (3.01 km²) was home and 0.012 square miles (0.03 km), or 1.06%, was water.

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. By 2020, there were 748 people, 257 households, and 140 families in Mooringsport. At the 2000 census, there were 833 people, 334 households, and 228 families. The population density was 716.6 inhabitants per square mile (276.7/km). There were 397 housing units at an average density of 341.5 per square mile (131.9/km²).