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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the parish has a total area of 866 square miles (2,240 km 2), of which 832 square miles (2,150 km 2) is land and 33 square miles (85 km 2) (3.8%) is water. [6] The parish is bounded on the east by what was just the Red River in the first millennium CE, and is now the Red River and Atchafalaya River .
Simmesport is located in eastern Avoyelles Parish on the west bank of the Atchafalaya River. [6] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.4 square miles (6.1 km 2), of which 2.2 square miles (5.7 km 2) is land and 0.19 square miles (0.5 km 2), or 7.93%, is water. [4]
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The Avoyelles Journal is a free independent weekly newspaper serving Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is published on Sundays and has circulation of around 17,000. [1] It is headquartered in Marksville, Louisiana with one branch in Bunkie, Louisiana. It began publication in 1978, founded by Randy DeCuir.
Bordelonville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States. [2] As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 525. [3] Bordelonville is located along Bayou des Glaises and Louisiana Highway 451, 17 miles (27 km) east of Marksville, the parish seat.
Belleville is an unincorporated community in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States. The area is home to descendants of early French settlers, Native Americans, and Creoles. The community is part of Parish Governing Authority District 2. [1]
She received the LSU Foundation Distinguished Faculty Award. [2] Eakin was a professor for LSU for 25 years. During that time, she had a number of research projects. [4] Eakin authored history books—particularly about events in the Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana—and school textbooks. [2] She was particularly interested in history of plantation ...
The Greenhouse site is an archaeological site of the Troyville-Coles Creek culture (400 to 1000 CE) in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. Greenhouse is the most extensively excavated Troyville-Coles Creek site in Louisiana. The site consists of seven platform mounds surrounding a central plaza that measures 200 feet (61 m) by 350 feet (110 m).