Carroll Parish is a former

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or ...

Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a U.S. state, state in the Deep South and South Central United States, South Central regions of the United States. It is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 20th-smal ...

, formed in 1838 from part of Ouachita Parish. Part of the parish was sectioned off in 1844 to make

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. Carroll Parish was divided in 1877 into

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and West Carroll Parish. During and shortly after the Reconstruction era, Carroll Parish's representatives in the

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included P. Jones Yorke and Cain Sartain, Republicans.http://legis.la.gov/legisdocs/members/h1812-2024.pdf

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