List of parishes in Louisiana
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List of parishes in Louisiana

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Parish	FIPS code	Parish seat	Established	Origin	Etymology	Population	Area	Map

Acadia Parish	001	Crowley	1886	from part of St. Landry Parish.	Named for the Acadians who settled the area.	61,773	658 sq mi (1,704 km2)	State map highlighting Acadia Parish

Allen Parish	003	Oberlin	1912	from part of Calcasieu Parish.	Henry Watkins Allen, the Confederate governor of Louisiana	25,764	766 sq mi (1,984 km2)	State map highlighting Allen Parish

Ascension Parish	005	Donaldsonville	1807	One of the original 19 parishes.	Named for the Ascension of Our Lord Catholic Church in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, which was named after the Ascension of Jesus into Heaven	107,215	303 sq mi (785 km2)	State map highlighting Ascension Parish

Assumption Parish	007	Napoleonville	1807	One of the original 19 parishes.	Named for the Assumption Roman Catholic Church, the oldest in the state, which was named after the Assumption of the Virgin Mary	23,421	364 sq mi (943 km2)	State map highlighting Assumption Parish

Avoyelles Parish	009	Marksville	1807	One of the original 19 parishes.	The Avoyel Native American people	42,073	866 sq mi (2,243 km2)	State map highlighting Avoyelles Parish

Beauregard Parish	011	DeRidder	1912	from part of Calcasieu Parish.	Confederate general P. G. T. Beauregard	35,654	1,166 sq mi (3,020 km2)	State map highlighting Beauregard Parish

Bienville Parish	013	Arcadia	1848	from part of Claiborne Parish.	Named after the founder of the city of New Orleans, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville	14,353	822 sq mi (2,129 km2)	State map highlighting Bienville Parish

Bossier Parish	015	Benton	1843	from part Claiborne Parish.	U.S. Representative Pierre Bossier	116,979	867 sq mi (2,246 km2)	State map highlighting Bossier Parish

Caddo Parish	017	Shreveport	1838	from part of Natchitoches Parish.	Named for the Caddo Native American people	254,969	937 sq mi (2,427 km2)	State map highlighting Caddo Parish

Calcasieu Parish	019	Lake Charles	1840	from part of St. Landry Parish.	Calcasieu, meaning crying eagle, is said to be the name of an Atakapa Native American leader	192,768	1,094 sq mi (2,833 km2)	State map highlighting Calcasieu Parish

Caldwell Parish	021	Columbia	1838	from part of Catahoula Parish and Ouachita Parish.	Named for the Caldwell family, which owned a large plantation and remains politically active in the state.	10,132	541 sq mi (1,401 km2)	State map highlighting Caldwell Parish

Cameron Parish	023	Cameron	1870	from parts of Calcasieu Parish and Vermilion Parish.	U.S. Secretary of War Simon Cameron	6,839	1,932 sq mi (5,004 km2)	State map highlighting Cameron Parish

Catahoula Parish	025	Harrisonburg	1808	from parts of Ouachita Parish and Rapides Parish.	Catahoula Lake, formerly within the parish's boundaries and named from a Taensa word meaning big, clear lake	10,407	739 sq mi (1,914 km2)	State map highlighting Catahoula Parish

Claiborne Parish	027	Homer	1828	from part of Natchitoches Parish.	Governor of Louisiana William C. C. Claiborne	17,195	768 sq mi (1,989 km2)	State map highlighting Claiborne Parish

Concordia Parish	029	Vidalia	1807	One of the original 19 parishes.	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	20,822	749 sq mi (1,940 km2)	State map highlighting Concordia Parish

DeSoto Parish	031	Mansfield	1843	from parts of Caddo Parish and Natchitoches Parish.	Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto	26,656	895 sq mi (2,318 km2)	State map highlighting DeSoto Parish

East Baton Rouge Parish	033	Baton Rouge	1810	from West Florida territory.	French phrase bâton rouge meaning red stick. A red stick was used by local Native Americans to mark the boundaries between tribal territories	440,171	471 sq mi (1,220 km2)	State map highlighting East Baton Rouge Parish

East Carroll Parish	035	Lake Providence	1877	when Carroll Parish was divided.	Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last surviving signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence	7,759	442 sq mi (1,145 km2)	State map highlighting East Carroll Parish

East Feliciana Parish	037	Clinton	1824	when Feliciana Parish was divided.	Felicite de Gálvez, the wife of Bernardo de Gálvez, a Spanish governor of Louisiana (New Spain)	20,267	456 sq mi (1,181 km2)	State map highlighting East Feliciana Parish

Evangeline Parish	039	Ville Platte	1910	from part of St. Landry Parish.	Acadian heroine of the poem "Evangeline" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow	33,984	680 sq mi (1,761 km2)	State map highlighting Evangeline Parish

Franklin Parish	041	Winnsboro	1843	from parts of Carroll Parish, Catahoula Parish, Madison Parish and Ouachita Parish	Founding Father Benjamin Franklin	20,767	636 sq mi (1,647 km2)	State map highlighting Franklin Parish

Grant Parish	043	Colfax	1869	from parts of Rapides Parish and Winn Parish.	U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant	22,309	664 sq mi (1,720 km2)	State map highlighting Grant Parish

Iberia Parish	045	New Iberia	1868	from parts of St. Martin Parish and St. Mary Parish.	Named by Spanish settlers in honor of the Iberian Peninsula	73,240	1,031 sq mi (2,670 km2)	State map highlighting Iberia Parish

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	33,387	653 sq mi (1,691 km2)	State map highlighting Iberville Parish

Jackson Parish	049	Jonesboro	1845	from parts of Claiborne Parish, Ouachita Parish and Union Parish	U.S. President Andrew Jackson	16,274	580 sq mi (1,502 km2)	State map highlighting Jackson Parish

Jefferson Parish	051	Gretna	1825	from part of Orleans Parish	Founding Father Thomas Jefferson	432,552	642 sq mi (1,663 km2)	State map highlighting Jefferson Parish

Jefferson Davis Parish	053	Jennings	1912	from part of Calcasieu Parish.	Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States of America	31,594	659 sq mi (1,707 km2)	State map highlighting Jefferson Davis Parish

Lafayette Parish	055	Lafayette	1823	from part of St. Martin Parish.	French-born American Revolutionary War hero, the marquis de Lafayette	221,578	270 sq mi (699 km2)	State map highlighting Lafayette Parish

Lafourche Parish	057	Thibodaux	1807	One of the original 19 parishes. Was named Interior Parish until 1812 and Lafourche Interior Parish until 1853.	French phrase la fourche or in English, the fork; Bayou Lafourche, or Fork Bayou, is a fork of the Mississippi River	96,318	1,472 sq mi (3,812 km2)	State map highlighting Lafourche Parish

LaSalle Parish	059	Jena	1910	from west half of Catahoula Parish.	Explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle	14,890	663 sq mi (1,717 km2)	State map highlighting LaSalle Parish

Lincoln Parish	061	Ruston	1873	from parts of Bienville Parish, Claiborne Parish, Jackson Parish and Union Parish.	U.S. President Abraham Lincoln	46,735	472 sq mi (1,222 km2)	State map highlighting Lincoln Parish

Livingston Parish	063	Livingston	1832	from part of St. Helena Parish.	U.S. Secretary of State Edward Livingston, brother of Robert R. Livingston who negotiated the Louisiana Purchase	128,026	703 sq mi (1,821 km2)	State map highlighting Livingston Parish

Madison Parish	065	Tallulah	1838	from Concordia Parish.	U.S. President James Madison	12,093	651 sq mi (1,686 km2)	State map highlighting Madison Parish

Morehouse Parish	067	Bastrop	1844	from parts of Carroll Parish and Ouachita Parish.	Abraham Morehouse, who led the first settlers into the region	27,979	805 sq mi (2,085 km2)	State map highlighting Morehouse Parish

Natchitoches Parish	069	Natchitoches	1807	One of the original 19 parishes.	The Natchitoches Native American people	39,566	1,299 sq mi (3,364 km2)	State map highlighting Natchitoches Parish

Orleans Parish	071	New Orleans	1807	One of the original 19 parishes. Today coterminous with the City of New Orleans.	Named after Philippe, Duke of Orléans, the regent of France	343,829	350 sq mi (906 km2)	State map highlighting Orleans Parish

Ouachita Parish	073	Monroe	1807	One of the original 19 parishes.	The Ouachita Native American people	153,720	633 sq mi (1,639 km2)	State map highlighting Ouachita Parish

Plaquemines Parish	075	Pointe a la Hache	1807	One of the original 19 parishes.	A word meaning persimmons created from the Louisiana Creole French and the Atakapa language	23,042	2,429 sq mi (6,291 km2)	State map highlighting Plaquemines Parish

Pointe Coupee Parish	077	New Roads	1807	One of the original 19 parishes.	French phrase la pointe coupée or in English, the cut-off point, which refers to a bend in the Mississippi River	22,802	591 sq mi (1,531 km2)	State map highlighting Pointe Coupee Parish

Rapides Parish	079	Alexandria	1807	One of the original 19 parishes.	Named for local river rapids (French: rapides)	131,613	1,362 sq mi (3,528 km2)	State map highlighting Rapides Parish

Red River Parish	081	Coushatta	1871	from parts of Bienville Parish, Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish and Natchitoches Parish.	Named for the Red River, which is part of the Mississippi River watershed	9,091	402 sq mi (1,041 km2)	State map highlighting Red River Parish

Richland Parish	083	Rayville	1868	from parts of Carroll Parish, Franklin Parish, Morehouse Parish and Ouachita Parish.	Named for its rich land	20,725	564 sq mi (1,461 km2)	State map highlighting Richland Parish

Sabine Parish	085	Many	1843	from parts of Caddo Parish and Natchitoches Parish.	Named for the Sabine River and the so-called Sabine Free State	24,233	1,012 sq mi (2,621 km2)	State map highlighting Sabine Parish

St. Bernard Parish	087	Chalmette	1807	One of the original 19 parishes.	Saint Bernard, patron saint of Bernardo de Galvez, the Spanish governor who granted land to the Canary Islanders settling the area in 1778	35,897	1,794 sq mi (4,646 km2)	State map highlighting St. Bernard Parish

St. Charles Parish	089	Hahnville	1807	One of the original 19 parishes.	Saint Charles	52,780	410 sq mi (1,062 km2)	State map highlighting St. Charles Parish

St. Helena Parish	091	Greensburg	1810	from West Florida territory.	Saint Helena	11,203	409 sq mi (1,059 km2)	State map highlighting St. Helena Parish

St. James Parish	093	Convent	1807	One of the original 19 parishes.	Saint James	22,102	258 sq mi (668 km2)	State map highlighting St. James Parish

St. John the Baptist Parish	095	Edgard	1807	One of the original 19 parishes.	Saint John the Baptist	45,924	348 sq mi (901 km2)	State map highlighting St. John the Baptist Parish

St. Landry Parish	097	Opelousas	1807	One of the original 19 parishes.	Saint Landry	83,384	939 sq mi (2,432 km2)	State map highlighting St. Landry Parish

St. Martin Parish	099	Saint Martinville	1807	One of the original 19 parishes.	Saint Martin	52,160	817 sq mi (2,116 km2)	State map highlighting St. Martin Parish

St. Mary Parish	101	Franklin	1811	from part of St. Martin Parish.	Saint Mary	54,650	612 sq mi (1,585 km2)	State map highlighting St. Mary Parish

St. Tammany Parish	103	Covington	1810	from West Florida territory.	Legendary Indian Chief Tamanend.	233,740	1,124 sq mi (2,911 km2)	State map highlighting St. Tammany Parish

Tangipahoa Parish	105	Amite	1869	from parts of Livingston Parish, St. Helena Parish, St. Tammany Parish and Washington Parish.	Comes from an Acolapissa word meaning ear of corn or those who gather corn	121,097	823 sq mi (2,132 km2)	State map highlighting Tangipahoa Parish

Tensas Parish	107	Saint Joseph	1843	from part of Concordia Parish.	The Taensa Native American people.	5,066	641 sq mi (1,660 km2)	State map highlighting Tensas Parish

Terrebonne Parish	109	Houma	1822	from part of Lafourche Interior Parish.	French phrase terre bonne or in English, good earth	111,860	2,080 sq mi (5,387 km2)	State map highlighting Terrebonne Parish

Union Parish	111	Farmerville	1839	from part of Ouachita Parish.	Named for the union of states which make up the U.S.	22,721	905 sq mi (2,344 km2)	State map highlighting Union Parish

Vermilion Parish	113	Abbeville	1844	from part of Lafayette Parish.	Both the Vermilion River and Vermilion Bay	57,999	1,538 sq mi (3,983 km2)	State map highlighting Vermilion Parish

Vernon Parish	115	Leesville	1871	from parts of Natchitoches Parish, Rapides Parish and Sabine Parish.	Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington, the first U.S. President	52,334	1,341 sq mi (3,473 km2)	State map highlighting Vernon Parish

Washington Parish	117	Franklinton	1819	from part of St. Tammany Parish.	U.S. President George Washington	47,168	676 sq mi (1,751 km2)	State map highlighting Washington Parish

Webster Parish	119	Minden	1871	from parts of Bienville Parish, Bossier Parish and Claiborne Parish.	U.S. statesman Daniel Webster	41,207	615 sq mi (1,593 km2)	State map highlighting Webster Parish

West Baton Rouge Parish	121	Port Allen	1807	One of the original 19 parishes. Was named Baton Rouge Parish until 1812.	French phrase bâton rouge meaning red stick. A red stick was used by local Native Americans to mark the boundaries between tribal territories	23,788	203 sq mi (526 km2)	State map highlighting West Baton Rouge Parish

West Carroll Parish	123	Oak Grove, West Carroll Parish	1877	when Carroll Parish was divided.	Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last surviving signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence	11,604	360 sq mi (932 km2)	State map highlighting West Carroll Parish

West Feliciana Parish	125	Saint Francisville	1824	when Feliciana Parish was divided.	Felicite de Gálvez, the wife of Bernardo de Gálvez, a Spanish governor of Louisiana (New Spain)	15,625	1,051 sq mi (2,722 km2)	State map highlighting West Feliciana Parish

Winn Parish	127	Winnfield	1852	from parts of Catahoula Parish, Natchitoches Parish and Rapides Parish.	Louisiana state legislator Walter Winn	15,313	957 sq mi (2,479 km2)	State map highlighting Winn Parish

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East Baton Rouge Parish is the most populated parish in the state of Louisiana.

final_sentence: East Baton Rouge Parish is the most populated parish in the state of Louisiana.