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Unincorporated areas of interest in the parish include Battle, Blairstown, Bluff Creek, Degrays, Delombre, Ethel, Felixville, Felps, Hatchersville, Lindsay, McManus, Oaknolia, Olive Branch, Teddy, Troy and Woodland. |
East Louisiana State Hospital Feliciana Courthouse Jackson Lawyer’s Row Linwood St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church Sugartown |
History | |
| 1805 |
When the Territory of Orleans is divided into counties the present-day East Feliciana Parish is part of Spanish West Florida |
| 1824 February |
Feliciana Parish is divided into East and West Feliciana parishes. |
| 1825 February |
College of Orleans fails and state support is shifted to the College of Louisiana in Jackson, Louisiana which will become Centenary College, The college was transferred to the Methodist Church in 1845 and relocated at Shreveport in 1908, Centenary is the oldest privately operated liberal arts college west of the Mississippi. |
| 1841 February |
First Episcopal services at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Clinton are conducted by Rev. William B. Lacey, president of College of Louisiana at Jackson. The parish is organized in 1852. Rev. Frederick Dean was first resident priest. Present church dates from 1871. |
| 1848 February |
Linwood Plantation is built by Albert G. Carter in East Feliciana Parish. A portion of Sarah Morgan Dawson’s A Confederate Girl’s Diary was written here. The bombardment of Port Hudson and other events at Linwood are described in this important Civil War source. |
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East Louisiana State Hospital Idlewild L. S. U. Experimental Farm Port Hudson State Commemorative Area |
Comite River Mississippi River Sandy Creek Thompson Creek |
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Director - Lula H. Pride Lawyers Row Woodville St. P. O. Box 8389 Clinton, LA 70722-1565 Email - admin.clar@pelican.state.lib.la.us 4 Branches - Clinton , St. Helena Branch, Jackson Branch, St. Feliciana Branch, 1 Bookmobile American Library Directory 1999-2000, R. R. Bowker |
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