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  2. Attakapas County, Orleans Territory - Wikipedia

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    Map of Orleans Territory in 1804; Attakapas Parish is in the south. Attakapas Parish, a former parish in southern Louisiana, was one of the twelve parishes in the Territory of Orleans, newly defined by the United States federal government following its Louisiana Purchase in 1803. At its core was the Poste des Attakapas trading post, which ...

  3. List of parishes in Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    Attakapas Parish existed from 1807 to 1811. [2] ... In the DC Comics Universe, Belle Reve Parish is a parish in Louisiana that contains the Bell Reve Penitentiary.

  4. Atakapa - Wikipedia

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    The Atakapa language was a language isolate, once spoken along the Louisiana and East Texas coast and believed extinct since the mid-20th century. [9] John R. Swanton in 1919 proposed a Tunican language family that would include Atakapa, Tunica, and Chitimacha.

  5. St. Martinville, Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. settlers and territorial government organized the Attakapas Territory between 1807 and 1868. After Louisiana became a state, Saint Martin Parish was created. Attakapas Post was renamed as Saint Martinville and designated as the parish seat.

  6. History of Lafayette, Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    By 1812, the Attakapas Country was split into the St. Martin parish and the St. Mary parish. The original village which would become Lafayette, was laid out by Jean Mouton and his surveyor, John Dinsmore, Jr. in 1821 and was given the name "St. Jean du Vermilionville". [3] Later, the name would be shortened to "Vermilionville".

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  8. Arnaudville, Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    On the original site of an Attakapas Indian village, Arnaudville is one of the oldest remaining towns in St. Landry Parish. First settled by the French in the late 18th century and called La Murière, it was later known as La Jonction which translates from French as "The Junction," a tribute to the fact that the town is centered by the intersection of Bayou Teche and Bayou Fusilier.

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