Named for the Acadians who settled the area. Charles Parishes in 1979.įrom Acadian French. There were several minor boundary changes afterward, the most substantial being the division of Lake Pontchartrain among Tangipahoa, St. In 1910, the parish count rose to 61 with the creation of Evangeline Parish, and the 62nd, 63rd, and 64th parishes (Allen, Beauregard, and Jefferson Davis) were created from areas of Calcasieu Parish. Again, no new parishes were formed, this time until 1908, when the western half of Catahoula parish became LaSalle parish. No new parishes were formed until 1886, when Acadia Parish was formed from St.
In 1877, the old parish of Carroll divided into East and West Carroll parishes, which are unofficially called the tenth and eleventh Reconstruction parishes, as the project ended that year. The ninth parish to be formed under Radical Republican rule was Lincoln, named after the late president and formed in 1873. In 1870, the fifth Reconstruction parish, Cameron, was created, which was followed by the sixth, seventh, and eighth parishes (Red River, Vernon, and Webster, respectively) in 1871. Martin Parish into two non-contiguous parts, making it and Norfolk County, Massachusetts as the only county-level units with their own exclaves.) Tangipahoa and Grant parishes followed in 1869. (A surveying error in Iberia's creation broke St. Plans for creating a parish like Iberia from St. During Reconstruction, state government created a number of new parishes, with the first being Iberia and Richland parishes. In 1853, Lafourche Interior Parish was renamed to Lafourche Parish. In 1852, Winn Parish was formed, while parishes further south added and lost land. In 1848, Bienville Parish was formed from Claiborne Parish.
The next year, Jackson Parish was formed, the old county units were abandoned, and the units were officially referred to as "parishes". Morehouse Parish and Vermilion Parish were formed from Ouachita and Lafayette parishes, respectively, in 1844. Landry in 1840.įive parishes were created in 1843: Bossier, DeSoto, Franklin, Sabine, and Tensas. In 1839, Union Parish was formed from Ouachita, and Calcasieu was formed from St. In 1838, Caddo Parish was created from Natchitoches, as were Madison and Caldwell parishes in the east. By 1830, Claiborne Parish was created, and the old Warren Parish was mostly absorbed into Ouachita Parish, only to return as Carroll Parish a few years later. The next year, Jefferson Parish was carved from Orleans Parish. On April 30, the state was admitted to the Union with 25 parishes.īy 1820, Washington Parish was added, and Feliciana Parish split into West and East in 1824. In 1810 four additional parishes were created from the formerly Spanish West Florida territory- these are part of what is now referred to as the Florida Parishes.īy April 1812, Attakapas Parish became St. The 19 original parishes were joined by Catahoula Parish in 1808. Since then, the official term for Louisiana's primary civil divisions has been parishes. In 1816, the first official map of the state used the term parish, as did the 1845 constitution. This organized the state into seven judicial districts, each consisting of groups of parishes. In 1811, a constitutional convention was held to prepare for Louisiana's admission into the Union. On March 31, 1807, the territorial legislature created 19 parishes without abolishing the old counties (which term continued to exist until 1845). The borders of these counties were poorly defined, but they roughly coincided with the colonial parishes, and hence used the same names. Local colonial government was based upon parishes, as the local ecclesiastical division.įollowing the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the territorial legislative council divided the Territory of Orleans (the predecessor of Louisiana state) into 12 counties. Louisiana was formed from French and Spanish colonies, which were both officially Roman Catholic.
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