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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, the official term has been parishes.

 

 

 
 

Vermilion Parish, Louisiana

Vermilion Parish History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

 

County Seat: Abbeville
Year Organized: 1844
Square Miles: 1,174
Court House:

100 N State Street,
Parish Courthouse
Abbeville, LA 70510-5147

Etymology - Origin of Parish Name

The parish was named in honor for both the Vermilion River and Vermilion Bay.

 

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

Vermilion Parish was created on 1844, from LaFayette Parish and the parish was named in honor for both the Vermilion River and Vermilion Bay. The Parish seat is Abbeville.

 

Neighboring Parishes:
  • North: Acadia Parish
  • Northeast: Lafayette Parish
  • East: Iberia Parish
  • South: Gulf of Mexico
  • West: Cameron Parish
  • Northwest: Jefferson Davis Parish
Cities and Towns:
- Abbeville (County Seat) city Incorporated Area
- Delcambre town Incorporated Area
- Erath town Incorporated Area
- Gueydan town Incorporated Area
- Kaplan city Incorporated Area
- Maurice village Incorporated Area

 

Parish Resources:

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County Resource Guide

Counties: US Map

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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