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Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Tensas Parish, Louisiana. Established in 1843, the name Tensas is derived from the historic indigenous Taensa people. The parish was founded in 1843 following Indian Removal. The parish was developed for cotton agriculture, which dominated the economy through the early 20th century. There has also been some cattle ranching in the 19...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. Official Website The name Tangipahoa comes from an Acolapissa word meaning "ear of corn" or "those who gather corn." The parish was organized in 1869 during Reconstruction. Parts of this area had already been developed for sugar cane plantations when the parish was organized, but yeomen farmers occupie...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana. Official Website The parish was founded in 1810 and was named after Tamanend, the Legendary Principle Lenape Chief & the "Patron Saint of America." St. Tammany was originally inhabited by numerous Indian peoples, including the Colapissas, Bayou Goulas, Chickasaw, Biloxi, Choctaw and Pensacola nations ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. Official Website The parish was created in 1811 and is located in the south-central region of the state. Adjacent Parishes Iberia Parish St. Martin Parish Assumption Parish Terrebonne Parish Cities, Towns & Communities Amelia Baldwin Bayou Vista Berwick Centerville Charenton Fl...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana. Official Website St. Martin Parish was largely colonized in the 1700s by people from France and Acadia, resulting in a large concentration of French-speaking population today. The Acadians brought the tale of Evangeline, a young woman said to have been separated from her mortally wounded betrothed durin...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Official Website St. Landry Parish was officially established on April 10, 1805 by a legislative act and was was named for the Catholic Church Parish that was established about 1767 in the Opelousas Territory and named for St. Landry, the Bishop of Paris who served in 650 AD. It is at the heart of Creol...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. Official Website St. John the Baptist Parish was established in 1807 as one of the original 19 parishes of the Territory of Orleans, which became the state of Louisiana. This was considered part of the German Coast in the 18th and 19th centuries, named for numerous German immigrants who settl...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in St. James Parish, Louisiana. Official Website St. James is one of the state's nineteen original parishes, created by act of the territorial legislature, March 31, 1807. St. James Parish is part of the Acadian Coast. While it is possible that some Acadians did arrive prior to 1755 or between 1755 and 1764, the first documented group...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana. Official Website The parish is one of the eight Florida Parishes, a region which was once part of colonial West Florida. The area was annexed to the Territory of Orleans in 1810, after the short-lived Republic of West Florida capitulated to the United States. Adjacent Parishes & Counties Amite Count...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana. Official Website The parish was formed in 1807, following the Louisiana Purchase by the United States in 1803. It was originally part of the German Coast, an area along the east bank of the Mississippi River that was settled by numerous German pioneers in the 1720s. This was historically an area of sug...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana. Official Website The parish was formed in 1807 and contains a large community of Spanish descent. Sometimes referred to informally as "Spanish Cajuns", the Isleños are descended from Canary Islanders. This linguistically isolated group eventually developed its own dialect. The Isleños settled along Bay...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. Sabine was one of five parishes created in as many weeks by the Louisiana State Legislature March 27, 1843. It was created from Natchitoches Parish with the Sabine River as the international boundary between the United States and the Republic of Texas as the western boundary. The Neutral Strip The area, in...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Red River Parish, Louisiana. The Parish was created in 1871 and named for the Red River. Adjacent Parishes Caddo Parish Bossier Parish Bienville Parish Natchitoches Parish DeSoto County Towns, Villages & Communities Coushatta (Parish Seat) Crichton East Point Edgefield Fairview Alpha Grand Bayou Hall Sum...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Rapides Parish, Louisiana. Official Website The parish was created in 1807 after the United States acquired this territory in the Louisiana Purchase and named for the French word for "rapids". Adjacent Parishes Grant Parish LaSalle Parish Avoyelles Parish Evangeline Parish Allen Parish Vernon Parish Natchitoches Parish
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Pointe Coupée Parish, Louisiana. Official Website 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 pre...
All people, places and things relating to Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. The name "Plaquemines," in French Creole, was derived from the Atakapa word piakimin, meaning the local fruit persimmon. The French used it to name a military post they built on the banks of the Mississippi River, as the site was surrounded by numerous persimmon trees. Eventually the name was applied to the entire parish ...
Please add those who were born, lived or died in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana. Official Website The parish was formed in 1807 and named after the Ouachita River. Adjacent Parishes Morehouse Parish Union Parish Richland Parish Caldwell Parish Jackson Parish Lincoln Parish Cities, Towns & Communities Bawcomville Bosco Brownsville Calhoun Claiborne Fairbanks
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Official Website The parish was formed in 1805, the county is the heart of the Cane River Louisiana Creole community, free people of color of mixed-race descent who settled here in the antebellum period. Their descendants continue to be Catholic and many are still French-speaking. The Cane River Natio...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Morehouse, Parish, Louisiana. The parish was formed in 1844 and was named in honor of Abraham Morehouse for his efforts to populate this region. Adjacent Parishes & Counties Ashley County, Arkansas Union Parish Union County, Arkansas Chicot County, Arkansas West Carroll Parish Ouachita Parish Richland Parish
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Madison Parish, Louisiana. Official Website Created in 1838, the parish is named for former U.S. President James Madison . When Governor Thomas Overton Moore realized that New Orleans was going to fall to Union forces, he issued orders for the destruction of stored cotton in the state to keep it from Federal hands. Otherwise, the U...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Livingston Parish, Louisiana. Official Website Livingston Parish is known as one of the six Florida Parishes, a region of Louisiana that was bought from Spanish Florida, and created the modern day state borders. It is widely accepted that the name Livingston is an eponym honoring Edward Livingston, a prominent American and Louisian...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana. Official Website Established in 1873, the county was named for the late U.S. president Abraham Lincoln. Adjacent Parishes Jackson Parish Ouachita Parish Bienville Parish Claiborne Parish Union Parish Cities, Towns, Villages & Communities Choudrant Corinth Downsville Dubach Grambli...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in LaSalle Parish, Louisiana. The parish was created in 1910 and named for René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle. Adjacent Parishes Caldwell Parish Catahoula Parish Avoyelles Parish Rapides Parish Winn Parish Grant Parish Towns & Communities Jena (Parish Seat) Midway Olla Standard Summerville Trout Tull...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. Official Website The parish was formed in 1807 and was named after the Bayou Lafourche. City buildings have been featured in television and movies, such as in Fletch Lives, due to its architecture and rich history. Long a center of sugar cane plantations and sugar production, in November 1887 the parish...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. Official Website The bill creating Jefferson Davis Parish was passed by the state legislature in 1912 but did not take effect until 1913. Jefferson Davis Parish is part of the large, 22-county Acadiana region of Louisiana, which is influenced by a large Francophone population. It was named after Je...