Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Named after the founder of the city of New Orleans, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville: 12,366: 822 sq mi (2,129 km 2) Bossier Parish: 015: Benton: 1843: from part of Claiborne Parish. U.S. Representative Pierre Bossier: 129,795: 867 sq mi (2,246 km 2) Caddo Parish: 017: Shreveport: 1838: from part of Natchitoches Parish. Named for the Caddo ...
Louisiana was named after Louis XIV, King of France from 1643 to 1715. When René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle claimed the territory drained by the Mississippi River for France, he named it La Louisiane. [26] The suffix –ana (or –ane) is a Latin suffix that can refer to "information relating to a particular individual, subject, or place."
Louisiana's flag during the American Civil War, in 1861. With its plantation economy, Louisiana was a state that generated wealth from the labor of and trade in enslaved Africans. It also had one of the largest free black populations in the United States, totaling 18,647 people in 1860.
Map of the United States with Louisiana highlighted. Louisiana is a state located in the Southern United States.According to the 2020 United States census, Louisiana is the 25th most populous state with 4,657,757 inhabitants and the 33rd largest by land area spanning 43,203.90 square miles (111,897.6 km 2) of land. [1]
At the 2020 United States Census, the city's population was 18,039. Established in 1714 by Louis Juchereau de St. Denis as part of French Louisiana, the community was named after the indigenous Natchitoches people. The City of Natchitoches was incorporated on February 5, 1819, after Louisiana had become a state in 1812.
The name of New Orleans derives from the original French name, La Nouvelle-Orléans, which was given to the city in honor of Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, who served as Louis XV's regent from 1715 to 1723. [34] The French city of Orléans itself is named after the Roman emperor Aurelian, originally being known as Aurelianum. Thus, by extension ...
Richmond (After Virginian city of the same name with French origins) Rubidoux (named for Louis Rubidoux) [47] Mount Rubidoux [47] San Francisco (named after Saint Francis of Assisi, who had received that name because his mother was French or as a tribute to France) Sicard Flat [49] Simmler [49] Vichy Springs (After French city of the same name ...
Lafayette (/ ˌ l æ f i ˈ ɛ t, ˌ l ɑː f-/ LA(H)-F-ee-ET, French:) is the most populous city in and parish seat of Lafayette Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana, [3] located along the Vermilion River. It is Louisiana's fourth-most populous city with a 2020 census population of 121,374; [4] the consolidated city-parish's population was ...