List of parishes in Louisiana
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The U.S. state of Louisiana is divided into 64 parishes in the same way that 48 of the other states of the United States are divided into counties (Alaska is divided into boroughs and census areas).
Forty-one parishes are governed by a council called the Police Jury. The other twenty-three have various other forms of government, including: president-council, council-manager, parish commission, and consolidated parish/city.
Listing [change]
| Parish |
FIPS Code [1] |
Parish seat [2] |
Established [2] |
Origin |
Meaning of name [3] |
Population [2] |
Area [2] |
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| Acadia Parish | 001 | Crowley | 1886 | from part of St. Landry Parish. | Named for the Acadians who settled the area. | 61,773 | 658 sq mi (1,704 km²) |
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| Allen Parish | 003 | Oberlin | 1912 | from part of Calcasieu Parish. | Henry Watkins Allen, the Confederate governor of Louisiana | 25,764 | 766 sq mi (1,984 km²) |
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| Ascension Parish | 005 | Donaldsonville | 1807 | One of the original 19 parishes. | Named for the Ascension of Our Lord Catholic Church in Donaldsonville, Louisiana | 107,215 | 303 sq mi (785 km²) |
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| Assumption Parish | 007 | Napoleonville | 1807 | One of the original 19 parishes. | Named for the Assumption Roman Catholic Church, the oldest in the state | 23,421 | 364 sq mi (943 km²) |
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| Avoyelles Parish | 009 | Marksville | 1807 | One of the original 19 parishes. | The Avoyel Native American people | 42,073 | 866 sq mi (2,243 km²) |
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| Beauregard Parish | 011 | DeRidder | 1912 | from part of Calcasieu Parish. | Confederate general P. G. T. Beauregard | 35,654 | 1,166 sq mi (3,020 km²) |
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| Bienville Parish | 013 | Arcadia | 1848 | from part of Claiborne Parish. | Named after the founder of the city of New Orleans, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville | 14,353 | 822 sq mi (2,129 km²) |
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| Bossier Parish | 015 | Benton | 1843 | from part Claiborne Parish. | U.S. Representative Pierre Bossier | 116,979 | 867 sq mi (2,246 km²) |
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| Caddo Parish | 017 | Shreveport | 1838 | from part of Natchitoches Parish. | Named for the Caddo Native American people | 254,969 | 937 sq mi (2,427 km²) |
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| Calcasieu Parish | 019 | Lake Charles | 1840 | from part of St. Landry Parish. | Calcasieu, meaning crying eagle, is said to be the name of an Atakapa Native American leader | 192,768 | 1,094 sq mi (2,833 km²) |
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| Caldwell Parish | 021 | Columbia | 1838 | from part of Catahoula Parish and Ouachita Parish. | Named for the Caldwell family, which owned a large plantation and remains politically active in the state. | 10,132 | 541 sq mi (1,401 km²) |
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| Cameron Parish | 023 | Cameron | 1870 | from parts of Calcasieu Parish and Vermilion Parish. | U.S. Secretary of War Simon Cameron | 6,839 | 1,932 sq mi (5,004 km²) |
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| Catahoula Parish | 025 | Harrisonburg | 1808 | from parts of Ouachita Parish and Rapides Parish. | Catahoula Lake, formerly within the parish's boundaries and named from a Taensa word meaning big, clear lake | 10,407 | 739 sq mi (1,914 km²) |
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| Claiborne Parish | 027 | Homer | 1828 | from part of Natchitoches Parish. | Governor of Louisiana William C. C. Claiborne | 17,195 | 768 sq mi (1,989 km²) |
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| Concordia Parish | 029 | Vidalia | 1807 | One of the original 19 parishes. | Name is of uncertain origin; may be from an early land grant called New Concordia, from the "concord" reached by local authorities over a mutual surrender of slaves, or for a mansion called Concord which was owned by Spanish Governor Manuel Gayoso de Lemos | 20,822 | 749 sq mi (1,940 km²) |
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| DeSoto Parish | 031 | Mansfield | 1843 | from parts of Caddo Parish and Natchitoches Parish. | Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto | 26,656 | 895 sq mi (2,318 km²) |
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| East Baton Rouge Parish | 033 | Baton Rouge | 1810 | from West Florida territory. | French phrase bâton rouge meaning red stick. A red stick was used by local Native Americans to mark the boundaries between tribal territories | 440,171 | 471 sq mi (1,220 km²) |
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| East Carroll Parish | 035 | Lake Providence | 1877 | when Carroll Parish was divided. | Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last surviving signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence | 7,759 | 442 sq mi (1,145 km²) |
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| East Feliciana Parish | 037 | Clinton | 1824 | when Feliciana Parish was divided. | Felicite de Gálvez, the wife of Bernardo de Gálvez, a Spanish governor of the Louisiana Territory | 20,267 | 456 sq mi (1,181 km²) |
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| Evangeline Parish | 039 | Ville Platte | 1910 | from part of St. Landry Parish. | Acadian heroine of the poem "Evangeline" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | 33,984 | 680 sq mi (1,761 km²) |
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| Franklin Parish | 041 | Winnsboro | 1843 | from parts of Carroll Parish, Catahoula Parish, Madison Parish and Ouachita Parish | Founding Father Benjamin Franklin | 20,767 | 636 sq mi (1,647 km²) |
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| Grant Parish | 043 | Colfax | 1869 | from parts of Rapides Parish and Winn Parish. | U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant | 22,309 | 664 sq mi (1,720 km²) |
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| Iberia Parish | 045 | New Iberia | 1868 | from parts of St. Martin Parish and St. Mary Parish. | Named by Spanish settlers in honor of the Iberian Peninsula | 73,240 | 1,031 sq mi (2,670 km²) |
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| Iberville Parish | 047 | Plaquemine | 1807 | One of the original 19 parishes. | Explorer Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, the brother of Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville | 33,387 | 653 sq mi (1,691 km²) |
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| Jackson Parish | 049 | Jonesboro | 1845 | from parts of Claiborne Parish, Ouachita Parish and Union Parish | U.S. President Andrew Jackson | 16,274 | 580 sq mi (1,502 km²) |
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| Jefferson Parish | 051 | Gretna | 1825 | from part of Orleans Parish | Founding Father Thomas Jefferson | 432,552 | 642 sq mi (1,663 km²) |
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| Jefferson Davis Parish | 053 | Jennings | 1912 | from part of Calcasieu Parish. | Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States of America | 31,594 | 659 sq mi (1,707 km²) |
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| Lafayette Parish | 055 | Lafayette | 1823 | from part of St. Martin Parish. | French-born American Revolutionary War hero the Marquis de la Fayette | 221,578 | 270 sq mi (699 km²) |
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| Lafourche Parish | 057 | Thibodaux | 1807 | One of the original 19 parishes. Was named Interior Parish until 1812 and Lafourche Interior Parish until 1853. | French phrase la fourche or in English, the fork; Bayou Lafourche, or Fork Bayou, is a fork of the Mississippi River | 96,318 | 1,472 sq mi (3,812 km²) |
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| La Salle Parish | 059 | Jena | 1908 | from part of Catahoula Parish. | Explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle | 14,890 | 663 sq mi (1,717 km²) |
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| Lincoln Parish | 061 | Ruston | 1873 | from parts of Bienville Parish, Claiborne Parish, Jackson Parish and Union Parish. | U.S. President Abraham Lincoln | 46,735 | 472 sq mi (1,222 km²) |
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| Livingston Parish | 063 | Livingston | 1832 | from part of St. Helena Parish. | U.S. Secretary of State Edward Livingston | 128,026 | 703 sq mi (1,821 km²) |
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| Madison Parish | 065 | Tallulah | 1838 | from Concordia Parish. | U.S. President James Madison | 12,093 | 651 sq mi (1,686 km²) |
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| Morehouse Parish | 067 | Bastrop | 1844 | from parts of Carroll Parish and Ouachita Parish. | Abraham Morehouse, who led the first settlers into the region | 27,979 | 805 sq mi (2,085 km²) |
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| Natchitoches Parish | 069 | Natchitoches | 1807 | One of the original 19 parishes. | The Natchitoches Native American people | 39,566 | 1,299 sq mi (3,364 km²) |
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| Orleans Parish | 071 | New Orleans | 1807 | One of the original 19 parishes. Today coterminous with the City of New Orleans. | Named after the Duke of Orléans, the regent of France | 343,829 | 907 sq mi (2,349 km²) |
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| Ouachita Parish | 073 | Monroe | 1807 | One of the original 19 parishes. | The Ouachita Native American people. | 153,720 | 350 sq mi (906 km²) |
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| Plaquemines Parish | 075 | Pointe a la Hache | 1807 | One of the original 19 parishes. | A word meaning persimmons created from the Louisiana Creole French and the Mobile Native American language | 23,042 | 2,429 sq mi (6,291 km²) |
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| Pointe Coupee Parish | 077 | New Roads | 1807 | One of the original 19 parishes. | French phrase la pointe coupée or in English, the cut-off point, which refers to a bend in the Mississippi River | 22,802 | 591 sq mi (1,531 km²) |
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| Rapides Parish | 079 | Alexandria | 1807 | One of the original 19 parishes. | Named for local river rapids (French: rapides) | 131,613 | 1,362 sq mi (3,528 km²) |
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| Red River Parish | 081 | Coushatta | 1871 | from parts of Bienville Parish, Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish and Natchitoches Parish. | Named for Red River, which is part of the Mississippi River watershed | 9,091 | 402 sq mi (1,041 km²) |
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| Richland Parish | 083 | Rayville | 1868 | from parts of Carroll Parish, Franklin Parish, Morehouse Parish and Ouachita Parish. | Named for its rich land | 20,725 | 564 sq mi (1,461 km²) |
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| Sabine Parish | 085 | Many | 1843 | from parts of Caddo Parish and Natchitoches Parish. | Named for the Sabine River and the so-called Sabine Free State | 24,233 | 1,012 sq mi (2,621 km²) |
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| Saint Bernard Parish | 087 | Chalmette | 1807 | One of the original 19 parishes. | Saint Bernard, who was presumably the patron saint of Bernardo de Galvez, the Spanish governor who granted land to the Canary Islanders who settled the area in 1778 while Louisiana was under Spanish rule. | 35,897 | 1,794 sq mi (4,646 km²) |
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| Saint Charles Parish | 089 | Hahnville | 1807 | One of the original 19 parishes. | Saint Charles | 52,780 | 410 sq mi (1,062 km²) |
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| Saint Helena Parish | 091 | Greensburg | 1810 | from West Florida territory. | Saint Helena | 11,203 | 409 sq mi (1,059 km²) |
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| Saint James Parish | 093 | Convent | 1807 | One of the original 19 parishes. | Saint James | 22,102 | 258 sq mi (668 km²) |
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| Saint John the Baptist Parish | 095 | Edgard | 1807 | One of the original 19 parishes. | Saint John the Baptist | 45,924 | 348 sq mi (901 km²) |
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| Saint Landry Parish | 097 | Opelousas | 1807 | One of the original 19 parishes. | Saint Landry | 83,384 | 939 sq mi (2,432 km²) |
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| Saint Martin Parish | 099 | Saint Martinville | 1807 | One of the original 19 parishes. | Saint Martin | 52,160 | 817 sq mi (2,116 km²) |
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| Saint Mary Parish | 101 | Franklin | 1811 | from part of St. Martin County. | Saint Mary. | 54,650 | 612 sq mi (1,585 km²) |
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| Saint Tammany Parish | 103 | Covington | 1810 | from West Florida territory. | Legendary Indian Chief Tamanend. | 233,740 | 1,124 sq mi (2,911 km²) |
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| Tangipahoa Parish | 105 | Amite | 1868 | from parts of Livingston Parish, St. Helena Parish, St. Tammany Parish and Washington Parish. | Comes from an Acolapissa word meaning ear of corn or those who gather corn | 121,097 | 823 sq mi (2,132 km²) |
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| Tensas Parish | 107 | Saint Joseph | 1843 | from part of Concordia Parish. | The Taensa Native American people. | 5,252 | 641 sq mi (1,660 km²) |
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| Terrebonne Parish | 109 | Houma | 1822 | from part of Lafourche Parish. | French phrase terre bonne or in English, good earth | 111,860 | 2,080 sq mi (5,387 km²) |
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| Union Parish | 111 | Farmerville | 1839 | from part of Ouachita Parish. | Named for the union of states which make up the U.S. | 22,721 | 905 sq mi (2,344 km²) |
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| Vermilion Parish | 113 | Abbeville | 1844 | from part of Lafayette Parish. | Both the Vermilion River and Vermilion Bay | 57,999 | 1,538 sq mi (3,983 km²) |
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| Vernon Parish | 115 | Leesville | 1871 | from parts of Natchitoches Parish, Rapides Parish and Sabine Parish. | Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington, the first U.S. President | 52,334 | 1,341 sq mi (3,473 km²) |
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| Washington Parish | 117 | Franklinton | 1819 | from part of St. Tammany Parish. | U.S. President George Washington | 47,168 | 676 sq mi (1,751 km²) |
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| Webster Parish | 119 | Minden | 1871 | from parts of Bienville Parish, Bossier Parish and Claiborne Parish. | U.S. statesman Daniel Webster | 41,207 | 615 sq mi (1,593 km²) |
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| West Baton Rouge Parish | 121 | Port Allen | 1807 | One of the original 19 parishes. Was named Baton Rouge Parish until 1812. | French phrase bâton rouge meaning red stick. A red stick was used by local Native Americans to mark the boundaries between tribal territories | 23,788 | 203 sq mi (526 km²) |
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| West Carroll Parish | 123 | Oak Grove | 1877 | when Carroll Parish was divided. | Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last surviving signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence | 11,604 | 360 sq mi (932 km²) |
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| West Feliciana Parish | 125 | Saint Francisville | 1824 | when Feliciana Parish was divided. | Felicite de Gálvez, the wife of Bernardo de Gálvez, a Spanish governor of the Louisiana Territory | 15,625 | 1,051 sq mi (2,722 km²) |
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| Winn Parish | 127 | Winnfield | 1852 | from parts of Catahoula Parish, Natchitoches Parish and Rapides Parish. | Louisiana state legislator Walter Winn | 15,313 | 957 sq mi (2,479 km²) |
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Former Parishes [change]
- Biloxi Parish formed in 1811 from West Florida territory. It was eliminated in 1812 when part of the former West Florida area was transferred to Mississippi Territory.
- Carroll Parish formed in 1838 from part of Ouachita Parish. In 1877, it was divided into East Carroll Parish and West Carroll Parish.
- Feliciana Parish formed in 1810 from West Florida territory. In 1824, it was divided into East Feliciana Parish and West Feliciana Parish.
- Pascagoula Parish formed in 1811 from West Florida territory. It was eliminated in 1812 when part of the former West Florida area was transferred to Mississippi Territory.
- Warren Parish formed in 1811 from part of Concordia Parish, and merged into Concordia Parish and Ouachita Parish in 1814.
References [change]
- "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on 2006-11-08. http://web.archive.org/web/20061108043344/http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Find_a_County&Template=/cffiles/counties/state.cfm&statecode=la. Retrieved 2007-03-13. - Counties, parish seats, areas, names and date of formation of current parishes
- "Louisiana County Formation Maps". http://www.n2genealogy.com/maps/la-maps.html. Retrieved 2007-03-13. - Formation dates and origin of parishes
- ↑ "EPA County FIPS Code Listing". EPA.gov. http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/codes/la.html. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 National Association of Counties. "NACo - Find a county". http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Find_a_County&Template=/cffiles/counties/state.cfm&state.cfm&statecode=la. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
- ↑ Louisiana Dept. of Public Health Parish Profiles
