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Unincorporated areas of interest in the parish include Anse La Butte, Bankers, Bushville, Cade, Catahoula, Catahoula Cove, Cecelia, Champaign, Coteau Holmes, Coteau Rodaire, Cypress Island, Duchamp, Hope, Huron, Isle Labbe, Keystone, Levert, Nina, Patin, Ruth, Stephensville and St. John |
Atchafalaya Basin Main Channel Bayou Teche Belle River Big Goddel Bayou Cypress Pass Duck Lake Flat Lake Four Mile Bayou Grand Lake Grassy Lake ICWW Lake Bigeux Lake Palourde |
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Attakapas Island Wildlife Management Area Longfellow Evangeline Commemorative Area Sherburne Wildlife Management Area |
Evangeline Oak Oak and Pine Alley St. Martinville |
History | |
| 1805 |
When the Territory of Orleans is divided into counties the present-day St. Martin Parish is part of Attakapas County |
| 1811 April 17 |
A territorial act divides the county of Attakapas into two parishes: The parish of St. Martin and the parish of St. Mary - The parish of St. Martin shall contain all that part of the country north, or above a line running east from the upper line of the plantation of Francisco Boutte, on the Bayou Teche, to the great lake, and west from the said Francisco Boutte to the mouth of the petite Anse on the Bay; and the parish of St. Mary shall contain all the remainder of the county, that is to say, all that is south or below the said line. |
| 1859 |
Town of Breaux Bridge is founded. The 1958 Louisiana Legislature officially designated Breaux Bridge La Capitale Mondiale De LËEcrevisse in honor of its centennial year . |
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Education |
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Director - Jeanne A Essmeier 201 Porter St. P. O. Box 79 St. Martinville, LA 70582-0079 Email - blmt@pelican.state.lib.la.us 6 Branches - Arnaudville, Breau Bridge, Catahoula, Cecilia, Parks, Stephensville. American Library Directory 1999-2000, R. R. Bowker |
