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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]
St. Landry Catholic Church is a historic Roman Catholic church in Opelousas, Louisiana. It is dedicated to Saint Landry of Paris (Bishop c. AD 650). [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The current church building, in Gothic and Romanesque Revival style, was completed in 1909. [ 4 ]
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."
Lifetime has set its latest V.C. Andrews movie series, which will focus on the Landry family. Adapted from Andrews' best-selling Landry novels, the four-movie event will air across two consecutive ...
Krotz Springs is a town in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States, on the Atchafalaya River. The population was 1,198 at the 2010 census , down from 1,219 in 2000 . It is part of the Opelousas – Eunice Micropolitan Statistical Area .
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 ...
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Opelousas Colored School (1919–1953) was a public segregated school for African American students in Opelousas, Louisiana, United States. [1] [2] It was the first public school for Black students in the city. It was known as St. Landry Parish Training School by 1942, and was succeeded by J.S. Clark High School from 1953 to 1970.