West Feliciana Parish, LA

Headnote
WEST FELICIANA PARISH, situated on the north boundary of Louisiana, with Mississippi river on the southwest. Area, 600 square miles. Face of the country, undulating, subsiding into a plain toward the Mississippi. Seat of justice, St. Francisville. Pop. in 1830, 8,629; in 1840, 10,910; in 1850, 13,245. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Louisiana

West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
WEST FELICIANA PARISH, situated on the north boundary of Louisiana, with Mississippi river on the southwest. Area, 600 square miles. Face of the country, undulating, subsiding into a plain toward the Mississippi. Seat of justice, St. Francisville. Pop. in 1830, 8,629; in 1840, 10,910; in 1850, 13,245.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 384-385.
Name Type
St. Francisville, LA City or Town
Date Title
Memphis (TN) Appeal, "An Abolitionist in Trouble," July 20, 1854
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