Place:Lafourche, Louisiana, United States

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Place Information
Name
Lafourche
Alternate names
Lafourche     (Getty Vocabulary Program)
Lafourche Interior     (Resource:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990, 1810-50 censuses)
Type
Parish
Coordinates
29.533°N 90.467°W
Located in
Louisiana, United States
See also
Terrebonne, Louisiana, United States     (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
Contained Places

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Census-designated place
Chackbay
Cut Off
Des Allemands
Galliano
Larose
Mathews
Raceland
Inhabited place
Abby Plantation
Acadia
Bayou Boeuf
Beaujolais
Belle Amie
Bowie
Brandywine
Brule
Choctaw
Choupique
Clotilda
Clovelly Farms
Coulon Plantation
Delta Farms
Dixie Plantation
Elmer
Ewing
Faleau
Gheens
Golden Meadow
Grandbois
Greenwood Acres
Greewood Plantation
Jay
Kraemer
L T Plantation
Lafourche
Laurel Grove Plantation
Laurel Grove
Laurel Valley Plantation
Leeville
Leighton
Lewistown
Lockport Heights
Lockport
Lowlands
Ludevine
McLeod
Melodia Plantation
Morvant
Naquin
New Hope
Norah
Orange Grove Plantation
Plantation Acres
Port Fourchon
Ravenwood
Rienzi Plantation
Rita
Rousseau
Saint Charles
Saint Rose Plantation
Savoie
Theriot
Thibodaux
Twelve Cedars
Utopia
Valentine
Waverly Mobile Home Park
White Plantation
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source: Family History Library Catalog
the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Lafourche Parish is a parish located in the south of the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat is Thibodaux and as of 2000, the population was 89,974.

Contents

Timeline

Date Event Source
1807 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1808 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1808 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1808 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1808 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1810 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1930 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990

Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1810 1,995
1820 3,755
1830 5,503
1840 7,303
1850 9,532
1860 14,044
1870 14,719
1880 19,113
1890 22,095
1900 28,882
1910 33,111
1920 30,344
1930 32,419
1940 38,615
1950 42,209
1960 55,381
1970 68,941
1980 82,483
1990 85,860

Research Tips

External links

www.lapage.com/parishes/lafou.htm


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