Louisiana's 64 Parishes: Fast Facts

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1. Acadia

Parish seat - Crowley
Date created - 1886
Origin of name - named after the Acadian people
Principal industries - rice and oil

2. Allen

Parish seat - Oberlin
Date created - 1910
Origin of name - named after Governor Henry W. Allen
Principal industries - timber-related products and cattle

3. Ascension

Parish seat - Donaldsonville
Date created - 1807
Origin of name - named from a word meaning "Acadian Coast"
Principal industry - agriculture, particularly sugar cane

4. Assumption

Parish seat - Napoleonville
Date created - 1807
Origin of name - named in honor of the assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Principal industry - agriculture

5. Avoyelles

Parish seat - Marksville
Date created - 1807
Origin of name - named after the Avoyelles Indians
Principal industries - agriculture, gambling

6. Beauregard

Parish seat - DeRidder
Date created - 1910
Origin of name - named after a Confederate general
Principal industry - agriculture

7. Bienville

Parish seat - Arcadia
Date created - 1848
Origin of name - named in honor of Jean Baptiste Sieur de Bienville, colonizer of Louisiana
Principal industry - agriculture

8. Bossier

Parish seat - Benton
Date created - 1843
Origin of name - named after Congressman Pierre E. Bossier
Principal industries - Casinos, horse racing, and agriculture

9. Caddo

Parish seat - Shreveport
Date created - 1838
Origin of name - named after the Caddo Indians
Principal industries - medical and commercial center, oil

10. Calcasieu

Parish seat - Lake Charles
Date created - 1840
Origin of name - derived from an Indian word meaning "crying eagle"
Principal industries- manufacturing, mining mineral deposits, fishing

11. Caldwell

Prish seat - Columbia
Date created - 1838
Origin of name - named after a U.S. senator
Principal industry - agriculture

12. Cameron

Parish seat - Cameron
Date created - 1870
Origin of name - named after a Confederate soldier, Robert A. Cameron
Principal industry - tourism

13. Catahoula

Parish seat - Harrisonburg
Date created - 1808
Origin of name - derived from an Indian word, Cata-oola, which means "big clear lake"
Principal industry - agriculture

14. Claiborne

Parish seat - Homer
Date created - 1828
Origin of name - named in honor of Governor Claiborne
Principal industries - agriculture and oil

15. Concordia

Parish seat - Vidalia
Date created - 1807
Origin of name - named after the estate of Governor de Lamos's home called Concord
Principal industry - agriculture

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