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Louisiana Counties and Parishes: Washington Parish

The Creation of Legal Borders

Washington Parish

March 6, 1819

AN ACT to divide the parish of St. Tammany, and for other purposes.

February 22, 1826

AN ACT to determine the boundary between the parishes of St. Tammany and Washington.

1869 Act No. 85

AN ACT To create the Parish of Tangipahoa, and providing for the complete organization thereof.

1912 ACT No. 124.

AN ACT To repeal an Act passed by the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana in the year 1826, which was approved February 22, 1826, which relates to the boundary lines between the Parishes of Washington and St. Tammany, and establishing a dividing line between said Parishes in Section No. 57, Township 4 South, Range 12 East.