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Lafourche Parish (French: Paroisse de la Fourche) is a parish located in the south of the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat is Thibodaux. [1] The parish was formed in 1807. [2] It was originally the northern part of Lafourche Interior Parish, which consisted of the present parishes of Lafourche and Terrebonne.
The Lafourche Parish Government has set up free mental health counseling services for residents of the parish.
In 1853, Lafourche Interior Parish was renamed to Lafourche Parish. During Reconstruction, 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.
Lockport is a town on Bayou Lafourche in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 2,490 in 2020. The population was 2,490 in 2020. It is part of the Houma – Bayou Cane – Thibodaux metropolitan statistical area .
Members of the Lafourche Parish School Board postponed responding to the federal government's Title IX changes, despite urging from members of the public.
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The police jury is the most common form of parish government in Louisiana. [6] Many parishes, especially those with large municipalities and suburban areas, have converted away from the system, although some parishes with large cities still use the police jury, including Bossier ( Bossier City ), Calcasieu ( Lake Charles ), Ouachita ( Monroe ...
The Lafourche Parish School Board returned to a motion from July 5 to increase board member's salaries. The motion passed Wednesday, November 1. Guillot was the board member who initiated the vote ...