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Louisiana Parishes
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Louisiana Parishes
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).
On March 31, 1807, the territorial legislature divided the state into 19 parishes, without getting rid of the
old counties (which continued to exist until 1845).
In 1811, a
constitutional convention organized the state into seven judicial districts, each consisting of groups of
parishes. In 1816, the first official map of the state used the term, as did the 1845 constitution. Since then,
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East Carroll Parish, Louisiana
East Carroll Parish History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Lake Providence
Year Organized: 1877
Square Miles: 422 |
Court House: 400 First Street
Parish Courthouse
Lake Providence, LA 71254-2655
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Etymology - Origin of Parish Name
Carroll Parish was named in honor of Charles Carroll in 1832, a philanthropist, statesman and the last
surviving signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
Carroll Parish was created by an Act was approved on March 14, 1832, out of the northern part of the original
Concordia Parish created in 1809 and the eastern part of Ouachita Parish. Carroll Parish was named in honor of Charles
Carroll in 1832, a philanthropist, statesman and the last surviving signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. Lake
Providence was the first seat of government. Carroll Parish was divided into two parishes in 1871. The division solved a
feud over the site of the seat of government. Oak Grove was named the parish seat of West Carroll Parish. Bayou Macon
formed the boundary between the two parishes. Lake Providence became the parish seat of East Carroll Parish. East
Carroll Parish was created on 1877, from Carroll Parish. The Parish seat is Lake Providence.
Neighboring Parishes:
- North: Chicot County, Ark.
- East: Issaquena County, Miss.
- Southeast: Warren County, Miss.
- South: Madison Parish
- Southwest: Richland Parish
- Northwest: West Carroll Parish
Cities and Towns:
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- Lake Providence
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Parish Resources:
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
act locally." |
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