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During the American Civil War, Breaux Bridge was the site of an engagement known as the "Battle of Breaux Bridge." According to Andrew B. Booth’s 1920 "Index to Battles, Campaigns, Engagements, Etc., Fought Within the Limits of the State of Louisiana, 1861–1865," military actions took place at Breaux Bridge on April 17 and April 21, 1863. [7]
The 2000 U.S. census counted 44,915 people in the parish who are at least five years old of whom 31,229 (69.5%) speak only English at home, 27.44% reported speaking French (Colonial French also known as Plantation Society French) or Cajun French at home, while 1.52% speak Louisiana Creole French. [15] St.
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He is the owner in St. Martin Parish of Mills Cashway Pharmacy in Parks and the president and chief executive officer of Farmers-Merchants Bank and Trust Co. of Breaux Bridge. [2] Farmers-Merchants, originally established in 1932, also has a branch at 1525 Ambassador Caffery Parkway in Lafayette. [3]
It lies on Bayou Teche, 13 miles (21 km) south of Breaux Bridge, [4] 16 miles (26 km) southeast of Lafayette, [5] and 9 miles (14 km) north of New Iberia. [6] The population was 6,114 at the 2010 U.S. census, and 5,379 at the 2020 United States census. [7] It is part of the Lafayette metropolitan statistical area.
In Breaux Bridge, the eastern terminus of LA 94 was originally located at LA 31 on the west bank of Bayou Teche. [22] Motorists wishing to cross the bayou had to turn southeast onto LA 31 and utilize the nearby bridge crossing on either LA 336-1 or LA 336-2. In the early 1980s, a new bridge was constructed across Bayou Teche, allowing the ...
Theodore Judson Jemison (August 1, 1918 – November 15, 2013), better known as T. J. Jemison, was minister of Mount Zion First Baptist Church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in June 1953 when he led a bus boycott to protest the city's segregated public transit.