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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 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 ...
The department is divided into nine troops, with its headquarters in Baton Rouge.The troops are divided as follows: Troop A (Baton Rouge): covers the following 9 parishes: Ascension, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, St. James (east bank), Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in Louisiana.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 348 law enforcement agencies employing 18,050 sworn police officers, about 405 for each 100,000 residents.
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.
With a base of 165 feet and nearly 31 (30.7) feet tall, is the tallest of 10 remaining Indian burial mounds in Pointe Coupee Parish. Dated to the Coles Creek archaeological culture (400AD-1100AD) period, [6] the mound sits between La 77 and La 78, 150 feet from Bayou Grosse Tête. A second low-rise unnamed mound (destroyed by the mid-1900s) is ...
A police jury was called a "police assembly" initially. A law passed on April 6, 1807, created groups to handle the "local police and administration of their parish". [1] Three years later, these were officially defined as "police juries" and given specific roles. [2] The term "jury" comes from the two aspects of the original police juries.
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]