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Unincorporated areas of interest in the parish include Alice, Angola, Bains, Bayou Sara, Brandon, Carney, Cornor, Elm Park, Hamilton, Hardwood, Hollywood, Laurel Hill, Plettenberg, Riddle, Solitude, Spillman, Starhill, Tunica, Tunica Post Office,Turnbull, Wakefield and Weyanoke Post Office |
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Louisiana State Penitentiary |
Lower Old River Mississippi River Raccourci Old River Red River Thompson Creek |
Audubon Memorial Bayou Sara The Cottage Grace Episcopal Church Houmas Landing Lt Commander John E. Hart St. Francisville Rosedown Plantation West Feliciana Railroad |
History | |
| 1805 |
When the Territory of Orleans is divided into counties the present-day West Feliciana Parish is part of Spanish West Florida. |
| 1824 February |
Feliciana Parish is divided into East and West Feliciana parishes. |
| 1831 |
The West Feliciana Railroad is one of the South’s earliest railroads. It ran from St. Francisville, LA to Woodville, Miss. The idea is conceived in 1828 as a means of transporting cotton to the Mississippi River. Chartered in 1831. Completed in 1842. In use in Illinois Central System until it is abandoned in 1978.. |
| 1849 | The famed ante-bellum mansion Afton Villa is built in 1849 by David Barrow, the wealthiest planter in West Feliciana Parish The Plantation house is destroyed by fire in 1963. The tomb of Alexander Barrow, U.S. Senator from Louisiana in 1840s in the family cemetery. |
