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Louisiana Counties and Parishes: Lafayette Parish

The Creation of Legal Borders

Lafayette Parish

January 17, 1823

AN ACT to create and establish a new Parish in the County of Attakapas, to be called the Parish of Lafayette.

February 25, 1824

AN ACT Supplementary to an act entitled: "An act to create and establish a new parish in the county of Attakapas to be called the parish of Lafayette."

1844 Act No. 81

AN ACT to create a new Parish in the county of Attakapas, to be called the Parish of Vermillion.