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Acadia Parish (French: Paroisse de l'Acadie) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. At the 2020 U.S. census , the population was 57,576. [ 1 ] The parish seat and the most populous municipality is Crowley . [ 2 ]
Location of Acadia Parish in Louisiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Acadia Parish, Louisiana. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Acadia Parish, Louisiana, United States. The locations of National Register properties for which the ...
Its mascot is the Mighty Wolves, and it has the largest enrollment of any school in the parish. [2] The current high school building was opened in 1938 at a cost of $112,071.50 and initially enrolled grades 8–11. [3] Designed by the architecture firm of Baron and Roberts, it was funded by the Public Works Administration. [4]
The Crowley Historic District, in Crowley in Acadia Parish, Louisiana, is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The initial listing covered 210 acres (85 ha) and included 270 contributing buildings. [1] The listing was enlarged in 2024.
Church Point (French: Pointe-à-l'Église [4]) is a town in Acadia Parish, Louisiana, United States.The population was 4,560 at the 2010 census. [5] It is part of the Crowley Micropolitan Statistical Area.
The region consists of seven parishes: Acadia, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin, and Vermilion Parishes. As of the 2010 census, the CSA had a population of 604,784 (though a 2015 estimate placed the population at 627,146). [3] The CSA is home to a large Cajun population and is also known as the "Cajun heartland". [citation needed]
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Jean Castex, a native of France, came to Mermentau around 1856. He opened a mercantile business in 1859 and later became one of Acadia Parish's leading merchants. He was also a cotton and rice farmer and built what may have been the first cotton gin in the parish in 1860. A sawmill was also built at the town about that time.