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Click the links below for information about the county governments in Ballotpedia's coverage scope :. According to a study from the U. Census Bureau , this state's local governments consist of 60 counties, cities, towns, and villages, and 83 special districts. Four parishes—Orleans, Terrebonne, East Baton Rouge, and Lafayette—operate as a consolidated government with municipalities.
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Click here to contact our editorial staff, and click here to report an error. Click here to contact us for media inquiries, and please donate here to support our continued expansion. Share this page Follow Ballotpedia. Following the Louisiana Purchase in , the Territorial Legislative Council divided the Territory of Orleans the predecessor of Louisiana state into twelve counties.
The borders of these counties were poorly defined, but they roughly coincided with the colonial parishes, and hence used the same names. On March 31, , the territorial legislature divided the state into 19 parishes without abolishing the old counties which continued to exist until In , a constitutional convention was held to prepare for Louisiana's admission into the Union.
In , the first official map of the state used the term, as did the constitution. Since then, the official term for Louisiana's primary civil divisions has been parishes. In addition, Feliciana Parish was established in from West Florida territory.
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Template:Louisiana Parish Labelled Map. National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on Retrieved List of U. State of Louisiana. Baton Rouge capital. Bernard St. Charles St. Helena St. James St. John the Baptist St. Landry St. Martin St. Mary St. Categories Parishes of Louisiana Lists of U. Cancel Save. Universal Conquest Wiki. Named for the Acadians who settled the area. Henry Watkins Allen , the Confederate governor of Louisiana.
Ascension Parish. Assumption Parish. Avoyelles Parish. The Avoyel Native American people. Beauregard Parish. Confederate general P. Bienville Parish. Bossier Parish. Representative Pierre Bossier. Named for the Caddo Native American people. Calcasieu Parish. Lake Charles. Calcasieu, meaning crying eagle , is said to be the name of an Atakapa Native American leader. Caldwell Parish. Named for the Caldwell family, which owned a large plantation and remains politically active in the state.
Cameron Parish. Secretary of War Simon Cameron. Catahoula Parish. Catahoula Lake , formerly within the parish's boundaries and named from a Taensa word meaning big, clear lake. Claiborne Parish. Governor of Louisiana William C. Concordia Parish. Name is of uncertain origin; may be from an early land grant called New Concordia , from the "concord" reached by local authorities over a mutual surrender of slaves, or for a mansion called Concord which was owned by Spanish Governor Manuel Gayoso de Lemos.
Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto. East Baton Rouge Parish. A red stick was used by local Native Americans to mark the boundaries between tribal territories. East Carroll Parish. Lake Providence. Charles Carroll of Carrollton , the last surviving signer of the U. Declaration of Independence.
East Feliciana Parish. Evangeline Parish. Ville Platte. Acadian heroine of the poem " Evangeline " by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Franklin Parish. Founding Father Benjamin Franklin. President Ulysses S. New Iberia. Named by Spanish settlers in honor of the Iberian Peninsula.
Iberville Parish.
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