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June 21, 1984 (703 Lee Avenue: Lafayette: 17: Freetown-Port Rico Historic District: February 2, 2016 (Roughly bounded by East University Avenue, Lee Avenue, Garfield Street, Taft Street, Drain Street, East Pinhook Road, Guidry Street, Refinery Street, Lucille Avenue, Jefferson Street and Coolidge Street
Following those of New Orleans, Louisiana's next-oldest krewes are mostly based near Lafayette, which crowned its first Rex-style monarch, King Attakapas, in 1897. [4] The state's oldest extant children's krewe, Oberon, is also based in Lafayette, and was founded in 1928. [5]
The Freetown-Port Rico Historic District is a historic district located in downtown Lafayette, Louisiana. [2]The 220 acre area included 677 contributing buildings and 197 non-contributing buildings, as well as one contributing structure.
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Roughly bounded by Evangeline Throughway, East Simcoe Street, North Sterling Street and Chopin Street, Lafayette, Louisiana Coordinates 30°13′58″N 92°00′39″W / 30.23273°N 92.01093°W / 30.23273; -92
In 2010, [17] the U.S. Census Bureau reported there were 273,738 people, 89,536 households, and 61,826 families residing within metropolitan Lafayette. From 2010 to 2015, the Lafayette metropolitan area outpaced the Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area in North Louisiana by population, becoming the third largest metropolitan area in the state.
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Krewe of Mid-City parades on Dimanche Gras, the Sunday prior to Fat Tuesday, on the uptown route. The parade follows the uptown route for parades starting at Napoleon Avenue and Magazine Street; proceed north to St. Charles; proceed east on St. Charles to Lee Circle continuing on St. Charles to Canal Street.