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Terrebonne Parish (/ ˌ t ɛr ə ˈ b oʊ n / TERR-ə-BOHN; French: Paroisse de Terrebonne) is a parish located in the southern part of the U.S. state of Louisiana. At the 2020 census, the population was 109,580. [1] The parish seat is Houma. [2] The parish was founded in 1822. [3] Terrebonne Parish is part of the Houma-Thibodaux metropolitan ...
Location of Terrebonne Parish in Louisiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States. The locations of National Register ...
Pages in category "National Register of Historic Places in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
It was the last of the 86 sugar mills that had operated in Terrebonne Parish during the sugar boom of the 19th century. [8] In 1974, the plantation was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The following year, the owner Southdown Land, a subsidiary of Southdown Sugar, donated the property to the Terrebonne Historical and Cultural ...
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This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Louisiana that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register; or are otherwise significant for their history, their association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design. [1 ...
The Orange Grove Plantation House is a historic house on a former plantation in Terrebonne Parish, about eight miles away from Houma, Louisiana. It was built in 1850 for John C. Beatty, a sugar planter who owned slaves. [2] [3] The plantation spanned 2,470 acres of land when it was sold at auction shortly after Beatty's death in 1857. [3]
Isle de Jean Charles (known locally in Louisiana French as Isle à Jean Charles) is a narrow ridge of land situated in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. For over 170 years, it has been the historical homeland and burial ground of the state-recognized tribe of the Isle de Jean Charles Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Indians. [1]