Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 321.
SAINT TAMMANY PARISH, situated on the east boundary of Louisiana, with Pearl river on the east, and Lake Ponchartrain on the south. Area, 972 square miles. Face of the country undulating, subsiding toward the south into a plain; soil, generally sterile. Seat of justice, Covington. Pop. in 1820, 1,723; in 1830, 2,864; in 1840, 4,598; in 1850, 6,364.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 320.
SAINT MARY'S PARISH, situated on the south boundary of Louisiana, with the gulf of Mexico on the south, and Chetimachea lake on the northeast. Area, 870 square miles. Seat of justice, Franklin. Pop. in 1830, 6,442; in 1840 8,950; in 1850, 13,700.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 320.
SAINT MARTIN'S PARISH, situated toward the south part of Louisiana, with Chetimaches lake on the south. Area, 850 square miles. Face of the country, flat; soil, where arable, rich. Seat of Justice, St. Martinsville. Pop. in 1830, 7,204; in 1840, 8,674; in 1850, 11,765.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 320.
SAINT LANDRE PARISH, situated toward the south part of Louisiana, with Atchafalaya river on the east. Area, 2,000 square miles. Face of the country, uneven, subsiding toward the south into a plain; soil, generally sterile. Seat of justice, Opelousas Pop. in 1820, 10,085; in 1830, 12,591; in 1840, 15,233; in 1850, 22,353.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 320.
SAINT JOHN BAPTIST PARISH, situated In the southeast part of Louisiana, with Lakes Maurepas and Ponchartrain on the northwest and east Lake Allemande on the south, and traversed by Mississippi river. Area, 260 square miles. Seat of justice, St. John Baptist Parish c. h. Pop. in 1820, 3,854; in 1830, 5,700; in 1840, 5,776; in 1850, 7,317.