Point Coupée Parish, LA

Headnote
POINT COUPEE PARISH, situated in the part of Louisiana, with Mississippi river on the northeast and the Atchafalaya on the west. Area, 600 miles. Face of the country, flat; soil rich where capable of cultivation. Seat of justice, Point Coupee. Pop. in 1810, 4,539; in 1820, 4,912; in 1830, 5,936; in 1840, 7,898; in 1850, 11,339. (Fanning's, 1853)
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County
Containing Unit
Louisiana

Point Coupée Parish, Louisiana (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
POINT COUPEE PARISH, situated in the part of Louisiana, with Mississippi river on the northeast and the Atchafalaya on the west. Area, 600 miles. Face of the country, flat; soil rich where capable of cultivation. Seat of justice, Point Coupee. Pop. in 1810, 4,539; in 1820, 4,912; in 1830, 5,936; in 1840, 7,898; in 1850, 11,339.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 297.
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Point Coupée, LA City or Town
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