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The parish was created out of lands formerly belonging to St. Landry Parish in 1910. [3] The majority of the area was originally settled by French Canadian colonists and former colonial marines (coureurs de bois) from such outposts as Fort Toulouse and Fort Kaskaskia and later included 19th-century French-speaking soldiers and immigrant families.
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The second oldest church in the Evangeline country was founded in Chataignier. Records show that it was first a mission of St. Landry Catholic Church in Opelousas beginning in 1856 but that in 1869 it was created as a separate parish called Our Lady of Mount Carmel. A church was built with Father Jean Baptiste Bre as its first pastor.
Evangeline is an unincorporated community in Acadia Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community is located at the junction of Louisiana Highways 97 and 100 , 5.9 miles (9.5 km) east-northeast of Jennings .
27-year-old KeKe Doucet was last seen on June 15, 2024, in Ville Platte, Louisiana. A 75-year-old man has been arrested during the investigation into her disappearance. The Ville Platte Police ...
Mamou is located in south-central Evangeline Parish at (30.634033, −92.418913 Louisiana Highway 13 follows the western border of the town, leading north 3 miles (5 km) to Reddell and south 10 miles (16 km) to Eunice.
District 28 covers all of Allen and Evangeline Parishes and parts of Acadia, Avoyelles, and St. Landry Parishes, including some or all of Kinder, Oakdale, Ville Platte, Mamou, Eunice, Bunkie, Cottonport, Marksville, and Simmesport. [2]