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Point Coupée is the oldest white settlement on the lower Mississippi, having been made by some wandering Canadian trappers as early as 1708. Bienville established this place as a military post, before the commencement of New Orleans. The fort was moved in 1722 to an area near the present St. Francisville Ferry landing.
After several floods, Governor Luis de Unzaga in 1772 moved the European settlement to a new post, the so-called Post Unzaga. Recently, historians Cazorla and Polo, from the Louis de Unzaga Historical Society research team, using satellite remote sensing techniques and comparative plans from the General Archive of the Indies, have managed to locate the position of the Unzaga post, which included, along with it, a parish. After the slave rebellion of 1795 this settlement was left uninhabited. Pointe Coupée Parish (originally and recently, informally pronounced pwahnt coo-pay) was organized by European Americans in 1805 as part of the Territory of Orleans (statehood for Louisiana followed in 1812). It was originally called Pointe Coupée County, and was one of the original 12 counties of the Territory of Orleans. It was renamed as Pointe Coupée Parish in 1816.
Adjacent Parishes
- Concordia Parish
- West Feliciana Parish
- Avoyelles Parish
- St. Landry Parish
- Iberville Parish
- West Baton Rouge Parish
- St. Martin Parish
Cities, Towns & Villages
- Fordoche
- Livonia
- Morganza
- New Roads (Parish Seat)
For a complete list of Other Communities, please see Wikipedia.
Cemeteries
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National Register of Historic of Places
Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge (part)
Guerin and allied families history of Pointe Coupee from 1823-1868
