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Location of St. Landry Parish in Louisiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States. The locations of National Register ...
The French community built St. Landry Catholic Church by 1766, dedicated to St. Landry (Landericus) of Paris, the Bishop of Paris in the 7th century. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] On April 10, 1805, after the United States had acquired the Louisiana Purchase , the post was named the town of Opelousas and became the seat of the County of Opelousas, part of the ...
Opelousas is home to the St. Landry Parish Airport (KOPL), owned by the St. Landry Parish Government, which has a main paved runway 5,999’ by 100’. [26] Commercial air transportation is available at Lafayette Regional Airport, about 26 miles to the south, [27] or Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport, about 59 miles to the east. [28]
The Opelousas Historic District, in the city of Opelousas in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [1] The area is roughly bounded by Bellevue Street, Court Street, Landry Street, and Market Street.
The name is also used for St Landry Parish in Louisiana. [3] An 1890 history of southwest Louisiana reported, "Mr. Alfred Louaillier states that within his recollection there were more Indians to be seen in the streets of Opelousas than there are negroes at the present days."
Magnet Academy for Cultural Arts (MACA) is a public magnet high school, with focus on cultural arts, located at 1100 E. Leo Street in Opelousas, Louisiana, United States. History [ edit ]
Pages in category "Opelousas, Louisiana" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. ... St. Landry Catholic Church; St. Landry Parish School Board;
The St. Landry Clarion was a newspaper of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, established in 1890 in Opelousas, Louisiana, the parish seat. It was started as a four-page weekly. It continued until 1921, when it merged operations with the Star-Progress to form the Clarion-Progress. [1]