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Aerial photo map of False River False River ( French : Lac False River ) is an oxbow lake located in southeastern Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana centered at 30°38′19″N 91°29′04″W / 30.63861°N 91.48444°W / 30.63861; -91.48444 ( False
New Roads (historically French: Poste-de-Pointe-Coupée [3]) is a city in and the parish seat of Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, United States. [4] The center of population of Louisiana was located in New Roads in 2000. [5] The population was 4,831 at the 2010 census, down from 4,966 in 2000. In the 2020 census the population was 4,549, while ...
False River (French: Fausse Rivière) was an unincorporated community located in southern Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, United States. It was situated near present-day New Roads and the current lake of False River .
June 19, 2018 (9253 False River Rd. Mix: 16: New Roads Commercial Historic District: March 19, 2024 (453 East Main to 348 West Main, 107-121 Court, 124-151 New Roads, 142 St. Mary, and 112-159 Richey Sts.;
About 1776, a chemin neuf (new road) was built to connect the Mississippi River with False River. The area has since been known as New Roads and is the basis for naming the town of New Roads. [2] The Saint Francis Chapel at the Point Coupée settlement was originally completed in 1728. A new church building was constructed in 1760, but built ...
Lakeland is located on False River, in the south-east of Pointe Coupee, 6 miles to the south of New Roads. [3] It was a so-called post-village in the 19th century, served by the (now vanished) Abramson railway station 4 miles to the west, and comprising one church, four stores, and several cotton gins and sugar mills.
In the original Louisiana Highway system in use between 1921 and 1955, the modern LA 136 was designated as State Route 136: [5]. Route 136. The Parlange Road, Parish of Pointe Coupee commencing at a point on State Highway Route No. 30, approximately six miles southwest of New Roads, Pointe Coupee Parish, thence proceeding in a westerly direction to its intersection with State Highway Route No ...
Louisiana Spur Highway 415 (SPUR LA 415) is a 0.46-mile (0.74 km) highway in Port Allen, Louisiana. It runs from south to north, connecting mainline LA 415 with US 190 and LA 1 . Starting at an intersection with LA 415 and LA 987-3 , LA 415 Spur serves the purpose of moving traffic from US 190 onto LA 415 south towards I-10 and Baton Rouge .