Avoyelles Parish, LA

Headnote
AVOYELLES PARISH, situated on the west side of the Mississippi, and watered by Atchafalaya and Red rivers. Area, 1,080 square miles. The portion bordering on the streams is subject to inundation, but the westerly part is a slightly-elevated table-land, which is dry and fertile. Courts are held at Marksville. Pop. in 1830, 3,484 ; in 1840, 6,616 ; in 1850, 9,326. (Fanning's, 1853)
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County
Containing Unit
Louisiana

Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
AVOYELLES PARISH, situated on the west side of the Mississippi, and watered by Atchafalaya and Red rivers. Area, 1,080 square miles. The portion bordering on the streams is subject to inundation, but the westerly part is a slightly-elevated table-land, which is dry and fertile. Courts are held at Marksville. Pop. in 1830, 3,484 ; in 1840, 6,616 ; in 1850, 9,326.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 31.
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On the Red River, Union troops storm the formidable Fort De Russy in twenty minutes Battles/Soldiers
Vigilance Committee forms in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana Legal/Political
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Marksville, LA City or Town
Simmesport, LA City or Town
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