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Milton, Louisiana
Milton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States. At the 2010 United States Census, 2010 U.S. census it had a population of 3,030; at the 2019 American Community Survey, it had an estimated population of 2,299. Milton is part of the Lafayette, Louisiana, Lafayette Lafayette metropolitan area, Louisiana, metropolitan statistical area. History It is unknown when the area of Milton was first settled. Old land claims show that much of the community is on land once owned by Bernard, son of Ashnoya, a leader of the Atakapa people. The area served as a river crossing and a trade center for the farms and cattle ranches that lined both sides of the Vermilion River (Louisiana), Vermilion River. The earliest settlers were Acadian families. Early landowners in the area included Francois Broussard, son of Joseph Broussard, Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil; Jean Bernard; Pierre Vincent; Michel Meaux; Jean-Baptiste Trahan; and Josep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Census-designated Place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such as self-governing city (United States), cities, town (United States), towns, and village (United States), villages, for the purposes of gathering and correlating statistical data. CDPs are populated areas that generally include one officially designated but currently unincorporated area, unincorporated community, for which the CDP is named, plus surrounding inhabited countryside of varying dimensions and, occasionally, other, smaller unincorporated communities as well. CDPs include small rural communities, Edge city, edge cities, colonia (United States), colonias located along the Mexico–United States border, and unincorporated resort and retirement community, retirement communities and their environs. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |