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Iberia Parish Location
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Iberia Parish

While Iberia 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-
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Supreme
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Court of Appeals
Circuit ~District
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3 6 3 ~ 3 2 3, 7, 8 22, 24 48, 49 16
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Communities of Iberia Parish


There are 3 incorporated communities in Iberia Parish.



Jeanerette


Loreauville


New Iberia

Unincorporated areas of interest in the parish include Avery Island, Bob Acres, Boudreaux, Brannon, Bryant, Burke, Charlotte, Daspit, Emma, Davids, Gajan, Gondron, Jefferson Island, Lefenite, Lelieux, Loisel, Lozes, Lydia, McIlHenny, Morbihan, Olivier, Olivier Station, Oubre, Patoutville, Pesson, Poufette, Power House Spur, Ulysse, Vida, Walet and Weeks.

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Forests, Parks and Preserves

Attakapas Island Area Avery Island Jungle Gardens and Bird Sanctuary Russell Sage Foundation State Game Preserve U. S. Livestock Experimental Farm



Waterways

Atchafalaya Basin Floodway
Bayou Teche
East Cote Blanche Bay
Gulf of Mexico
ICWW
Lake Fausse Pointe
Vermilion Bay
Weeks Bay
West Cote Blanche Bay




Historical Markers

Bayou Teche
Bayside Plantation
Beau Pre
Belmont Plantation
Frederick Larned Gates
First Rock Salt Mine
Hadrian, Roman Emperor 117 A.D. - 138 A.D.
New Iberia
Old Spanish Trail
Spanish Lake
Nicholas Provot
Site of Camp Pratt

History

1805
When the Territory of Orleans is divided into counties the present-day Iberia Parish is part of Attakapas County
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Schools and Libraries

Schools
 
Vocational
 
Higher
Education

 
Libraries
Iberia Parish Public Library
Director - Carla S Hostetter
445 E. Main St.
New Iberia, LA 70560-3710


318-373-0075      FAX 318-373-0086
Email - blib@pelican.state.lib.la.us    


7 Branches - City Park, Coteau, Delcambre, Jeanerette, Loreauvile, Morton, West Park End, 1 Bookmobile.

American Library Directory 1999-2000, R. R. Bowker
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