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Allen Parish Information

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Allen Parish
While Allen Parish offers all of the business amenities and services which appeal to commercial establishments, it also affords its residents a high quality of life with good schools, low crime rates and abundant recreational opportunities.

Voting Districts

Congress- ional	Supreme Court	Court of Appeals Circuit ~District	Public Service	BESE	Senate	House	Judicial
4, 7	3	3 ~ 3	4	4, 7	28	32	33

Communities of Allen Parish

There are 5 incorporated communities in this parish.
Elizabeth	Kinder	Oakdale
Oberlin	Reeves

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Forests, Parks and Preserves

West Bay Wildlife Management Area

State Historical Markers

There are no State Historical Markers in this parish

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History
1805	When the Territory of Orleans is divided into counties the present-day Allen Parish is divided between the Neutral Ground and Opelousas County

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Waterways

Bayou Nezpique
Calcasieu River
Whiskey Chitto Creek

Schools and Libraries

Schools
Vocational
Higher Education
Libraries	Allen Parish Library Director - Karen Teigen 320 S. 6th St. P. O. Box 400 Oberlin, LA 70655-0400 337-639-4315 FAX 337-639-2654 Email - 2 Branches - Kinder, Oakdale, 1 Bookmobile American Library Directory 1999-2000, R. R. Bowker

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Future Development

by the Businesses and Citizens
of
Allen Parish

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