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from parts of Ouachita Parish and Rapides Parish. Catahoula Lake, formerly within the parish's boundaries and named from a Taensa/Natchez word meaning big, clear lake: 8,414: 739 sq mi (1,914 km 2) Claiborne Parish: 027: Homer: 1828: from part of Natchitoches Parish. Governor of Louisiana William C. C. Claiborne: 13,670: 768 sq mi (1,989 km 2 ...
This is a list of adult state prisons in Louisiana. It does not include federal prisons or parish jails located in the state of Louisiana. The Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections directly operates all except two. Allen Correctional Center; Avoyelles Correctional Center - As of 2012, the state planned to privatize Avoyelles [1]
Louisiana is divided into 64 parishes, which are equivalent to counties, and contains 304 municipalities consisting of four consolidated city-parishes, 64 cities, 130 towns, and 106 villages. [2] Louisiana's municipalities cover only 7.8% of the state's land mass but are home to 46.4% of its population. [1]
The first Louisiana State Penitentiary, located at the intersection of 6th and Laurel streets in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was modeled on a prison in Wethersfield, Connecticut. It was built to house 100 convicts in cells of 6 ft × 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 ft (1.8 m × 1.1 m). [ 10 ]
Ouachita Parish (French: Paroisse d'Ouachita) is a parish located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 160,368. [1] The parish seat and largest city is Monroe. [2] The parish was formed in 1807. [3] Ouachita Parish is part of the Monroe, Louisiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.
It is the second largest parish in Louisiana by total area and has the largest percentage of area in water of any parish. The parish of St. Bernard embraces numerous small islands. The parish is classed among the alluvial lands of the state. The ridges comprise the arable lands of the parish and have an area of 37,000 acres (150 km 2). The ...
Lake Bistineau State Park is the first state park in Louisiana to accommodate African Americans, starting in 1956. The two separated areas are an artifact of the segregated nature of the park at the time. [31] Lake Bruin State Park: Tensas Parish: 53 acres (21 ha) [32] 1956 [33] Lake Bruin State Park was originally established in 1928 as a fish ...
Lafayette Parish is a part of the region of Acadiana in southern Louisiana, along the Gulf Coast.According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the parish has a total area of 269 square miles (700 km 2), of which 269 square miles (700 km 2) is land and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km 2) (0.2%) is water. [6]