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St. Landry Parish (French: Paroisse de Saint-Landry) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 Census , the population was 82,540. [ 1 ] The parish seat is Opelousas . [ 2 ]
Cat Doucet, Sheriff of St. Landry Parish, 1936–40; 1952–68; Gilbert L. Dupré, state representative and district court judge for St. Landry Parish; H. Garland Dupré, state representative and U.S. representative for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district in New Orleans, was born in Opelousas in 1873.
Location of St. Landry Parish in Louisiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States.
The Opelousas Historic District, in the city of Opelousas in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [1] The area is roughly bounded by Bellevue Street, Court Street, Landry Street, and Market Street.
Washington was founded in 1720 as a French trading post. In 1774 the first church, La Iglesia paroquial de la Immaculada Conception del Puesto de Opelousas was started and the post became known as Church Landing. In 1835 the town was incorporated under the current name. It is the third oldest town in Louisiana. [3]
The name is also used for St Landry Parish in Louisiana. [3] An 1890 history of southwest Louisiana reported, "Mr. Alfred Louaillier states that within his recollection there were more Indians to be seen in the streets of Opelousas than there are negroes at the present days."
Grand Prairie is an unincorporated community in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is the location of two historic houses that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places: the LaFleur House and the Alexandre Fontenot fils House. The famous St. Landry Parish Sheriff Cat Doucet was born in Grand Prairie in 1899.
Specifically it was home to the Donato family, the most prosperous free people of color family in the parish." [2] Martin Donatto was a Free Black slave owner who owned 70 slaves in 1830. [3] It is located at 8343 Louisiana Highway 182 near Opelousas, Louisiana, about a quarter mile off the highway. [2]