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Louisiana Counties and Parishes: Morehouse Parish

The Creation of Legal Borders

Morehouse Parish

1844 Act No. 118

AN ACT to create a new Parish in the Parish of Ouachita to be called the Parish of Morehouse.

1847 Act No. 124.

 AN ACT To change the boundary between the parishes of Ouachita and Morehouse.

1852 Act No. 149.

AN ACT To take the census of portions of the parishes of Ouachita, Morehouse, Carroll and Franklin, with a view to the formation of a new parish, to be called the parish of Richland.

1858 Act No. 296.

AN ACT To fix and define the dividing line between the parishes of Morehouse and Carroll.

1861 Act No. 241.

AN ACT To fix and define the dividing line between the parishes of Morehouse and Carroll.

1868 Act No. 115

AN ACT To create the parish of Richland, and providing for the organization thereof.