List of parishes in Louisiana
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Parish

FIPS code[4]

Parish seat[5]

Established[5]

Origin

Etymology[6]

Population[5]

Area[5]

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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)

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)

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)

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)

Avoyelles Parish

009

Marksville
1807
One of the original 19 parishes.
The Avoyel Native American people

42,073

866 sq mi
(2,243 km2)

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)

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)

Bossier Parish

015

Benton
1843
from part Claiborne Parish.
U.S. Representative Pierre Bossier

116,979

867 sq mi
(2,246 km2)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Jefferson Parish

051

Gretna
1825
from part of Orleans Parish
Founding Father Thomas Jefferson

432,552

642 sq mi
(1,663 km2)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Madison Parish

065

Tallulah
1838
from Concordia Parish.
U.S. President James Madison

12,093

651 sq mi
(1,686 km2)

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)

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)

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)

Ouachita Parish

073

Monroe
1807
One of the original 19 parishes.
The Ouachita Native American people

153,720

633 sq mi
(1,639 km2)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

St. Charles Parish

089

Hahnville
1807
One of the original 19 parishes.
Saint Charles

52,780

410 sq mi
(1,062 km2)

St. Helena Parish

091

Greensburg
1810
from West Florida territory.
Saint Helena

11,203

409 sq mi
(1,059 km2)

St. James Parish

093

Convent
1807
One of the original 19 parishes.
Saint James

22,102

258 sq mi
(668 km2)

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)

St. Landry Parish

097

Opelousas
1807
One of the original 19 parishes.
Saint Landry

83,384

939 sq mi
(2,432 km2)

St. Martin Parish

099

Saint Martinville
1807
One of the original 19 parishes.
Saint Martin

52,160

817 sq mi
(2,116 km2)

St. Mary Parish

101

Franklin
1811
from part of St. Martin Parish.
Saint Mary

54,650

612 sq mi
(1,585 km2)

St. Tammany Parish

103

Covington
1810
from West Florida territory.
Legendary Indian Chief Tamanend.

233,740

1,124 sq mi
(2,911 km2)

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)

Tensas Parish

107

Saint Joseph
1843
from part of Concordia Parish.
The Taensa Native American people.

5,066

641 sq mi
(1,660 km2)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Washington Parish

117

Franklinton
1819
from part of St. Tammany Parish.
U.S. President George Washington

47,168

676 sq mi
(1,751 km2)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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