Names Indicate French and Spanish Influence The GazetteOctober 5, 1939 The State of Louisiana is peculiar in that it is the only one of the United States whose political subdivisions know as counties in the other 47 states are called "parishes". Louisiana at present has 64 parishes. The name Louisiana's parishes, especially in the case … Continue reading How Louisiana Got The Name ‘Parishes’
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Louisiana French Money Gave The South the Name of “Dixie”
The GazetteOctober 5, 1939 Louisiana and the City of New Orleans gave to the South the name of DIXIE -- and today the whole Southland in the eyes of persons the world over is Dixie. It all began way back in 1833, a half dozen years before Farmerville and Union Parish were born. In that … Continue reading Louisiana French Money Gave The South the Name of “Dixie”
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