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Lafayette ( / ˌlæfiːˈɛt, ˌlɑːf -/, French: [lafajɛt]) 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 241,753 in ...
Lafayette Gazette 4 Oct 1894. Lafayette, Louisiana, and the surrounding area is a mix of American Indian, African American, English, French and Spanish culture. The area is situated in the region known as South Central Louisiana. The Vermilion River runs through the city. Today, the city and parish are at the heart of Acadiana.
Another newspaper, the Louisiana Capitolian, was established in 1868 and soon merged with the then-named Weekly Advocate. By 1889 the paper was being published daily. In 1904, a new owner, William Hamilton, renamed it The Baton Rouge Times and later The State-Times, a paper with emphasis on local news.
July 26, 1984. Sterling Grove Historic District is a historic district in downtown Lafayette, Louisiana, United States, roughly bounded by Evangeline Throughway, East Simcoe Street, North Sterling Street and Chopin Street. The 25-acre (10 ha) area comprises a total of 59 buildings, of which 43 are considered contributing properties, and one is ...
Website. www .louisiana .edu. The University of Louisiana at Lafayette ( UL Lafayette, University of Louisiana, ULL, or UL) is a public research university in Lafayette, Louisiana. It has the largest enrollment within the nine-campus University of Louisiana System and the second-largest enrollment in Louisiana, behind only Louisiana State ...
Location of Lafayette Parish in Louisiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States.
LUSFiber. "LUSFIBER" is a municipally owned subsidiary of Lafayette Utilities System, providing cable television, broadband Internet, and telephone services to the citizens of Lafayette, Louisiana. It is notable for being the first municipally owned company providing Fiber-To-The-Home services in the U.S. state of Louisiana and one of the first ...
Acadian Village is located on the 32 acres (130,000 m 2) of LARC ( Lafayette Association for Retarded Citizens ). In the early 1970s, officials with the facility were looking for an opportunity to improve tourism in Lafayette, Louisiana. However, the idea was to serve a dual purpose: to generate revenue for the facility and to serve as an ...