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St. Mary Parish (French: Paroisse de Sainte-Marie) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census , the population was 49,406. [ 1 ] The parish seat is Franklin . [ 2 ]
Franklin is a small city in and the parish seat of St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, United States. [2] The population was 6,229 as of 2024. [ 3 ] The city is located on Bayou Teche , southeast of the cities of Lafayette , 47 miles (76 km) and New Iberia , 28 miles (45 km), and 22 miles (35 km) northwest of Morgan City .
from parts of St. Martin Parish and St. Mary Parish. Named by Spanish settlers in honor of the Iberian Peninsula: 67,659: 1,031 sq mi (2,670 km 2) Iberville Parish: 047: Plaquemine: 1807: One of the original 19 parishes. Explorer Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, the brother of Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville: 29,617: 653 sq mi (1,691 km 2 ...
Franklinton was founded in 1819, originally under the name of Franklin. It was designated as the parish seat of government on February 10, 1821, two years after the parish was carved out from St. Tammany Parish. In 1826 the town's name was changed to Franklinton, as there was already another town named Franklin in St. Mary Parish.
The Franklin Fire Department has set up a large fan at the entrance of St. Mary Parish's church to clear the air after a fire caused smoke damage inside. Authorities are saying the fire was a case ...
Location of St. Mary Parish in Louisiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, United States. The locations of National Register ...
Map of the United States with Louisiana highlighted. Louisiana is a state located in the Southern United States.According to the 2020 United States census, Louisiana is the 25th most populous state with 4,657,757 inhabitants and the 33rd largest by land area spanning 43,203.90 square miles (111,897.6 km 2) of land. [1]
Oaklawn Manor is a plantation house located on the Bayou Teche in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, United States, just outside of Franklin.The house was built by Alexander Porter about 1837, and sold by his widow Mary Walton Porter following the Civil War as she was unable to operate the sugar plantation without slave labor. [2]