Place:Vermilion, Louisiana, United States

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NameVermilion
Alt namesVermilionsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Vermillionsource: Family History Library Catalog
Vermillion Parishsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS22017939
TypeParish
Coordinates29.75°N 92.25°W
Located inLouisiana, United States
See alsoCameron, Louisiana, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Lafayette, Louisiana, United StatesParent 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


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Vermilion Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana, created in 1844. The parish seat is Abbeville. Vermilion Parish is part of the Lafayette metropolitan statistical area, and located in southern Acadiana. At the 2010 U.S. census, the population was 57,999; the 2019 American Community Survey estimated its population was 59,865.

In the past several decades, much of the southern portion of the parish has been swept away by water erosion, especially after Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita in 2005.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1844 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1850 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1870 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1885 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1885 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1885 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1885 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources

Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1850 3,409
1860 4,324
1870 4,528
1880 8,728
1890 14,234
1900 20,705
1910 26,390
1920 26,482
1930 33,684
1940 37,750
1950 36,929
1960 38,855
1970 43,071
1980 48,458
1990 50,055

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External links

www.vermilion.org/


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