Place:Duson, Lafayette, Louisiana, United States

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NameDuson
Alt namesDuson Stationsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS22005674
TypeTown
Coordinates30.236°N 92.185°W
Located inLafayette, Louisiana, United States
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Duson is a town in Acadia and Lafayette parishes in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The town was named after Curley Duson, a legendary sheriff of St. Landry Parish. At the 2010 U.S. census, the town had a population of 1,716; in 2020, at the population estimates program, its population was 1,761. The Lafayette Parish portion of Duson is part of the Lafayette metropolitan statistical area, while the Acadia Parish portion is part of the Crowley micropolitan statistical area.

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