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| Name | Calcasieu |
| Alt names | Calcasieu | source: Getty Vocabulary Program |
| Type | Parish |
| Coordinates | 30.233°N 93.35°W |
| Located in | Louisiana, United States |
| See also | Allen, Louisiana, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Beauregard, Louisiana, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Cameron, Louisiana, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Jefferson Davis, Louisiana, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | St. Landry, Louisiana, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Calcasieu Parish[p] is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat is Lake Charles. As of 2010, the parish population was 192,768. Calcasieu Parish is part of the Lake Charles Metropolitan Statistical Area with a population of 194,138 as well as the Lake Charles–Jennings Combined Statistical Area with a population of 231, 201.
Calcasieu Parish was created March 24, 1840, from the parish of Saint Landry, one of the original nineteen civil parishes established by the Louisiana Legislature in 1807. The original parish seat was chosen as Comasaque Bluff, that was east of the river and later called Marsh Bayou Bluff. On December 8, 1840, the seat of justice was named Marion. Jacob Ryan was successful, in 1852, in having the parish seat moved from Marion to the east bank of Lake Charles. As the population in this area grew over the years, the original Calcasieu Parish has since been divided into five smaller parishes. The original area of Calcasieu Parish is called Imperial Calcasieu.
History
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
The name Calcasieu [p] comes from the Atakapan word, "quelqueshue", meaning "crying eagle". It was originally the name of an Atakapa chief, but became the name given to what was formerly the Rio Hondo River (Rio Stondo or "Deep River"), now the Calcasieu River. The parish then inherited this name.2475 sq mi
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1840 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1840 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1910 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1910 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1910 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1910 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1920 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1840 | 2,057
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| 1850 | 3,914
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| 1860 | 5,928
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| 1870 | 6,733
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| 1880 | 12,484
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| 1890 | 20,176
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| 1900 | 30,428
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| 1910 | 62,767
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| 1920 | 32,807
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| 1930 | 41,963
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| 1940 | 56,506
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| 1950 | 89,635
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| 1960 | 145,475
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| 1970 | 145,415
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| 1980 | 167,223
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| 1990 | 168,134
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