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Louisiana Louisiana ( ; ; ) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 31st in area and 25 ...

is divided into 64 parishes (; ), making it the only state besides

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to call its primary subdivisions something other than "counties." Louisiana's usage of the term "parish" for a geographic region or local government dates back to the

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and Spanish colonial periods and is connected to ecclesiastical parishes. Thirty-eight

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are governed by a council called a police jury. The remaining 26 have various other forms of government, including: council-president, council-manager, parish commission, and consolidated parish/city.

History

was formed from French and Spanish colonies, which were both officially

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. Local colonial government was based upon

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es, as the local ecclesiastical division. Following the

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, the territorial legislative council in April 1805 divided the

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(the predecessor of Louisiana state) into 12 counties. The borders of these counties were poorly defined, but largely coincided with the colonial ecclesiastical parishes. On March 31, 1807, the territorial legislature created 19 parishes without abolishing any of the old counties (which term continued to exist until 1845). In 1811, a constitutional convention was held to prepare for Louisiana's admission into the Union.The Admission of Louisiana into the Union
/ref> This 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 ''parish'', as did the 1845 constitution. Since then, the official term for Louisiana's primary civil divisions has been ''parishes''. The 19 original parishes were joined by Catahoula Parish in 1808. In 1810 four additional parishes were created from the formerly

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territory—these are part of what is now referred to as the

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. By April 1812, Attakapas Parish became St. Martin Parish and St. Mary Parish. On April 30, the state was admitted to the Union with 25 parishes. By 1820, Washington Parish was added, and Feliciana Parish split into West and East in 1824. The next year, Jefferson Parish was carved from Orleans Parish. By 1830, Claiborne Parish was created, and the old

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was mostly absorbed into Ouachita Parish, only to return as Carroll Parish a few years later. In 1838, Caddo Parish was created from Natchitoches, as were Madison and Caldwell parishes in the east. In 1839, Union Parish was formed from Ouachita, and Calcasieu was formed from St. Landry in 1840. Five parishes were created in 1843: Bossier, DeSoto, Franklin, Sabine, and Tensas. Morehouse Parish and Vermilion Parish were formed from Ouachita and Lafayette parishes, respectively, in 1844. The next year, Jackson Parish was formed, the old county units were abandoned, and the units were officially referred to as "parishes". In 1848, Bienville Parish was formed from Claiborne Parish. In 1852, Winn Parish was formed, while parishes further south added and lost land. In 1853, Lafourche Interior Parish was renamed to Lafourche Parish. During

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, state government created a number of new parishes, with the first being Iberia and Richland parishes. Plans for creating a parish like Iberia from St. Martin and St. Mary parishes had dated from the 1840s. (A surveying error in Iberia's creation broke St. Martin Parish into two non-contiguous parts, making it and

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as the only county-level units with their own

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.) Tangipahoa and Grant parishes followed in 1869. In 1870, the fifth Reconstruction parish, Cameron, was created, which was followed by the sixth, seventh, and eighth parishes (Red River, Vernon, and Webster, respectively) in 1871. The ninth parish to be formed under Radical Republican rule was Lincoln, named after the late president and formed in 1873. In 1877, the old parish of Carroll divided into East and West Carroll parishes, which are unofficially called the tenth and eleventh Reconstruction parishes, as the project ended that year. No new parishes were formed until 1886, when Acadia Parish was formed from St. Landry. Again, no new parishes were formed, this time until 1908, when the western half of Catahoula parish became LaSalle parish. In 1910, the parish count rose to 61 with the creation of Evangeline Parish, and the 62nd, 63rd, and 64th parishes (Allen, Beauregard, and Jefferson Davis) were created from areas of Calcasieu Parish. There were several minor boundary changes afterward, the most substantial being the division of

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among Tangipahoa, St. Tammany, Orleans, Jefferson, St. John the Baptist, and St. Charles Parishes in 1979.

Listing

Former parishes

* Attakapas Parish existed from 1807 to 1811. * Biloxi Parish formed in 1811 from West Florida territory. It was eliminated in 1812 when it was transferred to the Mississippi Territory. * Carroll Parish formed in 1838 from part of Ouachita Parish. In 1877, it was divided into East Carroll Parish and West Carroll Parish. * Feliciana Parish formed in 1810 from West Florida territory. In 1824, it was divided into East Feliciana Parish and West Feliciana Parish. * Pascagoula Parish formed in 1811 from West Florida territory. It was eliminated in 1812 when it was transferred to the Mississippi Territory. *

formed in 1811 from part of Concordia Parish, and merged into Concordia Parish and Ouachita Parish in 1814.

Territorial counties

On April 10, 1805, the

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enacted a map dividing the territory into 12 counties based upon ecclesiastical districts established under Spanish rule. In 1807, the Territorial Council revised the 12-county system to create 19 civil parishes. The original twelve counties defined by the Territorial Legislative Council in 1805 were: * Acadia County – Parishes of St. James and the Ascension (also known as the First and Second Acadian Coasts). In 1807, divided into

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and St. James parishes. * Attakapas County – Parish of St. Martin. In 1807, renamed Attakapas Parish. In 1811, it was subdivided into St. Martin and

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parishes. * Concordia County – The only portion not part of preexisting ecclesiastical district. In 1807, renamed Concordia Parish. * German Coast County – Parishes of St. Charles and St. John the Baptist (also known as the First and Second German Coasts). In 1807, divided into St. Charles and

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parishes. *

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– Parish of St. Gabriel and part Parish of St. Bernard. In 1807, renamed Iberville Parish. * Lafourche County – Parish of Assumption. In 1807, divided into

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and Lafourche Interior parishes. * Natchitoches County – Parish of St. Francis. In 1807, renamed Natchitoches Parish. * Opelousas County – Parish of St. Landry. In 1807, renamed

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. * Orleans County – All territory on both sides of the "Mississippi from the Balize to the beginning of the parishes of St. Bernard and St. Louis." In 1807, divided into Orleans, St. Bernard, and Plaquemines parishes. * Ouachita County – The Ouachita settlements. In 1807, renamed Ouachita Parish. * Pointe Coupée County – The Parish of St. Francis. In 1807, divided into

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and

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parishes. * Rapides County – The settlements of Rapides, Avoyelles, Catahoula, Bayou Boeuf, Bayou Robert, and other settlements in the region. In 1807, divided into Avoyelles and Rapides parishes. On December 7, 1810,

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, governor of the Orleans Territory, annexed the short-lived

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to the United States and Louisiana as Feliciana County. On December 22, 1810, the county west of the

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was organized in four civil parishes:

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, Feliciana,

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, and

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. Later, in 1824, Feliciana Parish was divided into East Feliciana and West Feliciana parishes.

Fictional parishes

* In the novels ''

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'', and Ya-Yas in Bloom, author

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created the fictional Garnet Parish. * The movie ''

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'' was said to take place in the fictional Chinquapin Parish, likely a suburban parish of

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. However, the movie was shot in Natchitoches, and involved several elements of culture indicative of the town and parish of the same name. For example, the annual

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Festival of Lights in Natchitoches is shown, as are

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dance styles with a distinctive country-Cajun band. (Natchitoches is in the

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region of Louisiana, where southern Louisiana's predominantly

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culture meets the primarily

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culture of northern Louisiana.) * Part of

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' novel '' The Rift'' is set in the fictional Spottswood Parish. * ''

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'' series of novels written by

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and HBO's ''

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'', which is based on the novels, take place in the fictional northwestern Louisiana Renard Parish. * In the movie ''

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'', Deputy Jason J. Bayard was from the fictional St. Clare Parish. * In the

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. * In the Cinemax TV series ''

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'', Chayton Littlestone is seen fighting in the fictional Sang Tholis Parish, which is said to be in New Orleans. "Sang" is the French word for "blood", but could also be a dialect for "sans", without. "Tholis" is not a French word. In reality, the city of New Orleans is located entirely in

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. * In the movie ''

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'', protagonist Clifford Skridlow (played by

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) appears in a Detroit court as a stereotypical (based on "Atticus Finch" in ''

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'') Southern attorney from Bay Saint Louis Parish. * In the 2017 video game '' Resident Evil 7: Biohazard'', the vast majority of the game takes place in the fictional Dulvey Parish, somewhere on the coast. * The "Faster, Baby!" DLC for ''

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'', also a 2017 video game, takes place in Sinclair Parish just west of the fictional city of 'New Bordeaux', a fictional version of New Orleans set in 1968. * In the 1973

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film '' Live and Let Die'', Sheriff J.W. Pepper (

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) of Pontrain Parish is featured as a supporting character. The parish name is likely derived from the real

. * In Season 2 of ''

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'' a flu outbreak originates in South Carroll Parish. * The television series ''

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'' is set in St. Josephine Parish, which borders

and is where the titular family; the Bordelon's, reside. * The 2006 sequel movie ''

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'' is set in the coastal Tyree Parish. * The 2011 crime thriller film '' Catch .44'' takes place in Civil Parish, with one of the antagonists stealing a parish sheriff deputy's uniform. * The 2013 action thriller '' Homefront'' takes place in the fictional Labranche Parish, possibly named after or inspired by the real

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. * The 2014 supernatural horror film ''

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'' is set in the fictional Feliciana Parish, a genericised version of

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. * In the

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series ''

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'', the primary setting is Montrivelle Parish. The

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of the parish is the also fictional city of Marais. * In the 1972 movie ''

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'' starring

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and

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, the members of the rescued wagon train were former slaves from the fictional St. Ann Parish.

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