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Washington Parish (French: Paroisse de Washington; Spanish: Parroquia de Washington) is a parish located in the interior southeast corner of the U.S. state of Louisiana, one of the Florida Parishes. As of the 2020 census, the population was 45,463. [2] Its parish seat is Franklinton. [3] Its largest city is Bogalusa.
Area code. 337. FIPS code. 22-79870. Washington is a village in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 742 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Opelousas – Eunice Micropolitan Statistical Area. Washington was the largest inland port between New Orleans and St. Louis for much of the 19th century. [2]
In 1838, Caddo Parish was created from Natchitoches, as were Madison and Caldwell parishes in the east. In 1839, Union Parish was formed from Ouachita, and Calcasieu was formed from St. Landry in 1840. Five parishes were created in 1843: Bossier, DeSoto, Franklin, Sabine, and Tensas.
English: This is a locator map showing Washington Parish in Louisiana. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps. Date: 12 February 2006:
Bogalusa (/ ˌboʊɡəˈluːsə / BOH-gə-LOO-sə) is a city in Washington Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 12,232 at the 2010 census. In the 2020 census the city reported a population of 10,659. It is the principal city of the Bogalusa Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Washington Parish and is also part ...
Evergreen Plantation. April 27, 1992. Wallace. 30°01′37″N 90°38′22″W / 30.02690°N 90.63958°W / 30.02690; -90.63958 (Evergreen Plantation) St. John the Baptist. Composed of 39 buildings, Evergreen Plantation is an intact major antebellum plantation complex of the Southern United States. [6][7] Open to visitors.
Franklinton is a town in, and the parish seat of Washington Parish, Louisiana, United States. [3] The population was 3,857 at the 2010 census. The elevation is an average of 155 feet (47 m) above sea level. Franklinton is located 61 miles (98 km) north of New Orleans. A Franklinton physician, Jerry Thomas, represented Washington Parish in the ...
Louisiana Office of State Parks. Official website. Bogue Chitto State Park (pronounced bo-guh chit-uh) [4] is a Louisiana state park located off Louisiana State Highway 25 south of Franklinton, in Washington Parish. The name Bogue Chitto is from the Choctaw language, bok chito, meaning big creek. [4] Bogue Chitto is a relatively recent addition ...