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Pointe Coupee Parish (/ ˈ p ɔɪ n t k ə ˈ p iː / or / ˈ p w ɑː n t k uː ˈ p eɪ /; French: Paroisse de la Pointe-Coupée) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,758. [2] The parish seat is New Roads. [3] Pointe Coupee Parish is part of the Baton Rouge, Louisiana Metropolitan ...
The Pointe Coupee Parish Courthouse is a heritage listed courthouse on Main Street, New Roads, Louisiana, was built in 1902. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. [1] The two-story brick building is designed in a Romanesque Revival style.
New Roads (historically French: Poste-de-Pointe-Coupée [3]) is a city in and the parish seat of Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, United States. [4] The center of population of Louisiana was located in New Roads in 2000. [5] The population was 4,831 at the 2010 census, down from 4,966 in 2000. In the 2020 census the population was 4,549, while ...
Location of Pointe Coupee Parish in Louisiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, United States. The locations of National Register ...
During the Civil War, Gov. Johnson remained in Pointe Coupee Parish. The state was controlled by the Union after the fall of New Orleans. He died in September 1864, near the close of the war, and was buried on his plantation, which lies at the confluence of Bayou Grosse Tête and Bayou Maringouin.
The largest battle in Pointe Coupee Parish was fought at nearby Stirling Plantation, on September 29, 1863. Sixteen Federal troops were killed, 45 were wounded, and 462 were taken prisoner. The Confederate losses included 26 dead, 85 wounded, and 10 missing. Although the Battle of Sterling Plantation was a Confederate victory, the Union troops ...
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Point Coupee is the name of an unincorporated community located in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is the home of St. Francis Chapel and is located along Louisiana Highway 420 , north of New Roads , the parish seat.