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Pointe Coupee Parish Location
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Pointe Coupee Parish

While Pointe Coupee 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
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Communities of Pointe Coupee Parish


There are 4 incorporated communities in Pointe Coupee Parish.



Fordoche


Livonia


Morganza


New Roads



Unincorporated areas of interest in the parish include Batchelor, Blanks Post Office, Brownview, Chenal, Dupont, East Krotz Springs, Elliot City, Frisco, Glynn, Hermitage, Innis, Island, Jacoby, Jareau Post Office, Keller, Knapp, Labarre Post Office, Lacour, Lakeland, Legonier, Leavel, Lettsworth, Lottie, McCrea, McKneely, Major, Mix, Morrison, Oscar, Parlange, Patins, Ploup, Pointe Coupee, Red Cross, Rougan Post Office, Schwabs, Seibert, Sherborne, Smithland, Toras, Torbert Post Office, Torbert, Valverda, Ventress, Waterloo and Wickliffe.

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Forests, Parks and Preserves

Atchafalaya Basin Floodway Sherburne Wildlife Management Area



Waterways

Atchafalaya Basin Floodway
Atchafalaya River
Bayou Black
Bayou Des Glaises
Bayou Fordoche
False River
Floodway Control Structure
Raccourci Old River
Mississippi River



State Historical Markers

False River
John Archer LeJeune (1867-1942)
Lacour Store
Old Hickory
Pointe Coupee
Randall Oak
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History

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

Schools
 
Vocational
 
Higher
Education

 
Libraries
Pointe Coupee Parish Library
Director - Melissa Hymel
201 Claiborne St.
New Roads, LA 70760-3403


225-638-7593      FAX 225-638-9847
Email - clpc@pelican.state.lib.la.us    


4 Branches - Innis, Livonia, Morganza, Julian Poydras, 1 Bookmobile

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