List of parishes in Louisiana

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The U.S. state of Louisiana is divided into 64 parishes in the same way that 48 of the other states of the United States are divided into counties (Alaska is divided into boroughs and census areas).

History

In colonial Louisiana, which was officially Roman Catholic under both France and Spain, civil government was centered on the ecclesiastical governing unit.

After the Louisiana Purchase, Territorial Governor William C. C. Claiborne and his Legislative Council in 1805 divided Orleans Territory into twelve counties. Their boundaries were somewhat indefinite, but they generally coincided with the old church parishes, and kept the same names. In 1807, the territorial legislature passed an act dividing the territory into nineteen parishes — but without abolishing the earlier twelve counties. For several years following this, both terms were used pretty much interchangeably. When a constitutional convention met in 1811 to prepare for Louisiana's admission as a state, they organized the state into seven judicial districts — as groups of parishes. The first official map of the state, in 1816, continued the use of the term, as did the revised Constitution of 1845. Louisiana's primary civil divisions have been officially known as parishes ever since.

Alphabetical listing

This also includes a "List of Louisiana parish seats."

State Abbr.	FIPS State Code	State
LA	22	Louisiana
	FIPS Parish Code	Parish Name	Parish Seat	History
	001	Acadia Parish	Crowley	formed in 1886 from part of St. Landry Parish.
	003	Allen Parish	Oberlin	formed in 1912 from part of Calcasieu Parish.
	005	Ascension Parish	Donaldsonville	One of the original 19 parishes formed in 1807.
	007	Assumption Parish	Napoleonville	One of the original 19 parishes formed in 1807.
	009	Avoyelles Parish	Marksville	One of the original 19 parishes formed in 1807.
	011	Beauregard Parish	De Ridder	formed in 1912 from part of Calcasieu Parish.
	013	Bienville Parish	Arcadia	formed in 1848 from part of Claiborne Parish.
	015	Bossier Parish	Benton	formed in 1843 from part Claiborne Parish.
	017	Caddo Parish	Shreveport	formed in 1838 from part of Natchitoches Parish.
	019	Calcasieu Parish	Lake Charles	formed in 1840 from part of St. Landry Parish.
	021	Caldwell Parish	Columbia	formed in 1838 from part of Catahoula Parish and Ouachita Parish.
	023	Cameron Parish	Cameron	formed in 1870 from parts of Calcasieu Parish and Vermilion Parish.
	025	Catahoula Parish	Harrisonburg	formed in 1808 from parts of Ouachita Parish and Rapides Parish.
	027	Claiborne Parish	Homer	formed in 1828 from part of Natchitoches Parish.
	029	Concordia Parish	Vidalia	One of the original 19 parishes formed in 1807.
	031	De Soto Parish	Mansfield	formed in 1843 from parts of Caddo Parish and Natchitoches Parish.
	033	East Baton Rouge Parish	Baton Rouge	formed in 1810 from West Florida territory.
	035	East Carroll Parish	Lake Providence	formed in 1877 when Carroll Parish was divided.
	037	East Feliciana Parish	Clinton	formed in 1824 when Feliciana Parish was divided.
	039	Evangeline Parish	Ville Platte	formed in 1910 from part of St. Landry Parish.
	041	Franklin Parish	Winnsboro	formed in 1843 from parts of Carroll Parish, Catahoula Parish, Madison Parish and Ouachita Parish.
	043	Grant Parish	Colfax	formed in 1869 from parts of Rapides Parish and Winn Parish.
	045	Iberia Parish	New Iberia	formed in 1868 from parts of St. Martin Parish and St. Mary Parish.
	047	Iberville Parish	Plaquemine	One of the original 19 parishes formed in 1807.
	049	Jackson Parish	Jonesboro	formed in 1845 from parts of Claiborne Parish, Ouachita Parish and Union Parish.
	051	Jefferson Parish	Gretna	formed in 1825 from part of Orleans Parish.
	053	Jefferson Davis Parish	Jennings	formed in 1912 from part of Calcasieu Parish.
	055	Lafayette Parish	Lafayette	formed in 1823 from part of St. Martin Parish.
	057	Lafourche Parish	Thibodaux	One of the original 19 parishes formed in 1807. Was named Interior Parish until 1812 and Lafourche Interior Parish until 1853.
	059	La Salle Parish	Jena	formed in 1908 from part of Catahoula Parish.
	061	Lincoln Parish	Ruston	formed in 1873 from parts of Bienville Parish, Claiborne Parish, Jackson Parish and Union Parish.
	063	Livingston Parish	Livingston	formed in 1832 from part of St. Helena Parish.
	065	Madison Parish	Tallulah	formed in 1838 from Concordia Parish.
	067	Morehouse Parish	Bastrop	formed in 1844 from parts of Carroll Parish and Ouachita Parish.
	069	Natchitoches Parish	Natchitoches	One of the original 19 parishes formed in 1807.
	071	Orleans Parish	New Orleans	One of the original 19 parishes formed in 1807. Today coterminous with the City of New Orleans.
	073	Ouachita Parish	Monroe	One of the original 19 parishes formed in 1807.
	075	Plaquemines Parish	Pointe a la Hache	One of the original 19 parishes formed in 1807.
	077	Pointe Coupee Parish	New Roads	One of the original 19 parishes formed in 1807.
	079	Rapides Parish	Alexandria	One of the original 19 parishes formed in 1807.
	081	Red River Parish	Coushatta	formed in 1871 from parts of Bienville Parish, Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish and Natchitoches Parish.
	083	Richland Parish	Rayville	formed in 1868 from parts of Carroll Parish, Franklin Parish, Morehouse Parish and Ouachita Parish.
	085	Sabine Parish	Many	formed in 1843 from parts of Caddo Parish and Natchitoches Parish.
	087	St. Bernard Parish	Chalmette	One of the original 19 parishes formed in 1807.
	089	St. Charles Parish	Hahnville	One of the original 19 parishes formed in 1807.
	091	St. Helena Parish	Greensburg	formed in 1810 from West Florida territory.
	093	St. James Parish	Convent	One of the original 19 parishes formed in 1807.
	095	St. John the Baptist Parish	Edgard	One of the original 19 parishes formed in 1807.
	097	St. Landry Parish	Opelousas	One of the original 19 parishes formed in 1807.
	099	St. Martin Parish	Saint Martinville	One of the original 19 parishes formed in 1807.
	101	St. Mary Parish	Franklin	formed in 1811 from part of St. Martin County.
	103	St. Tammany Parish	Covington	formed in 1810 from West Florida territory.
	105	Tangipahoa Parish	Amite	formed in 1868 from parts of Livingston Parish, St. Helena Parish, St. Tammany Parish and Washington Parish.
	107	Tensas Parish	Saint Joseph	formed in 1843 from part of Concordia Parish.
	109	Terrebonne Parish	Houma	formed in 1822 from part of Lafourche Parish.
	111	Union Parish	Farmerville	formed in 1839 from part of Ouachita Parish.
	113	Vermilion Parish	Abbeville	formed in 1844 from part of Lafayette Parish.
	115	Vernon Parish	Leesville	formed in 1871 from parts of Natchitoches Parish, Rapides Parish and Sabine Parish.
	117	Washington Parish	Franklinton	formed in 1819 from part of St. Tammany Parish.
	119	Webster Parish	Minden	formed in 1871 from parts of Bienville Parish, Bossier Parish and Claiborne Parish.
	121	West Baton Rouge Parish	Port Allen	One of the original 19 parishes formed in 1807. Was named Baton Rouge Parish until 1812.
	123	West Carroll Parish	Oak Grove	formed in 1877 when Carroll Parish was divided.
	125	West Feliciana Parish	Saint Francisville	formed in 1824 when Feliciana Parish was divided.
	127	Winn Parish	Winnfield	formed in 1852 from parts of Catahoula Parish, Natchitoches Parish and Rapides Parish.

Defunct parishes

1. Biloxi Parish formed in 1811 from West Florida territory. Eliminated in 1812 when part of West Florida was transferred to Mississippi Territory.
2. Carroll Parish formed in 1838 from part of Ouachita Parish. Divided in 1877 into East Carroll Parish and West Carroll Parish.
3. Feliciana Parish formed in 1810 from West Florida territory. Divided in 1824 into East Feliciana Parish and West Feliciana Parish.
4. Pascagoula Parish formed in 1811 from West Florida territory. Eliminated in 1812 when part of West Florida was transferred to Mississippi Territory.
5. Warren Parish formed in 1811 from part of Concordia Parish. Merged into Concordia Parish and Ouachita Parish in 1814.

Counties (1805-45)

1. Acadia County
2. Attakapas County
3. Concordia County
4. Feliciana County established in 1810 from West Florida territory.
5. German Coast County
6. Iberville County
7. Lafourche County
8. Natchitoches County
9. Opelousas County
10. Orleans County
11. Ouachita County
12. Pointe Coupee County
13. Rapides County

Fictional parishes

In the novel A Confederacy of Dunces, author John Kennedy Toole created the fictional "St. Odo of Cluny Parish".

Source

[Louisiana County Formation Maps]

Lists of Counties in the United States (Parishes in Louisiana; Boroughs and census areas in Alaska)
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