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Louisiana
CAPITAL: Baton Rouge
STATE NICKNAME: "The Pelican State"
STATE BIRD: Brown Pelican
STATE FLOWER: Magnolia
STATE SONG: #1 - Give Me Louisiana, #2 - You Are My Sunshine
Territory: 1805
Admitted to Union: April 30, 1812 - 18th State
Parish List
- Acadia, formed 1886, parish seat-Crowley
- Allen, formed 1912, parish seat-Oberlin
- Ascension, formed 1807, parish seat-Donaldsonville
- Assumption, formed 1807, parish seat-Napolenville
- Avoyelles, formed 1807, parish seat-Marksville
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- Beauregard, formed 1913, parish seat-DeRidder
- Bienville, formed 1848, parish seat-Arcadia
- Bossier, formed 1843, parish seat-Benton
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- Caddo, formed 1838, parish seat-Shreveport
- Calcasieu, formed 1840, parish seat-Lake Charles
Calcasieu Parish History- Caldwell, formed 1838, parish seat-Columbia
- Cameron, formed 1870, parish seat-Cameron
- Cataboula, formed 1808, parish seat-Harrisonburg
- Claiborne, formed 1828, parish seat-Homer
- Concordia, formed 1805, parish seat-Vidalia
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- De Soto, formed 1843, parish seat-Mansfield
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- East Baton Rouge, formed 1810, parish seat-Baton Rouge, Original Parish
- East Carroll, formed 1877, parish seat-Lake Providence
- East Feliciana, formed 1824, parish seat-Clinton, Seceded from Feliciana
- Evangeline, formed 1911, parish seat-Ville Platte
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- Franklin, formed 1843, parish seat-Winnsboro
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- Grant, formed 1869, parish seat-Colfax
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- Iberia, formed 1868, parish seat-new Iberia
- Iberville, formed 1807, parish seat-Plaquemine
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- Jackson, formed 1845, parish seat-Jonesboro
- Jefferson, formed 1825, parish seat-Gretna
Jefferson Parish History/Facts- Jefferson Davis, formed 1913, parish seat-Jennings
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- Lafayette, formed 1823, parish seat-Lafayette
- Lafourche, formed 1807, parish seat-Thibodaux
- LaSalle, formed 1910, parish seat-Jena
- Lincoln, formed 1873, parish seat-Ruston
- Livingston, formed 1832, parish seat-Livingston
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- Madison, formed 1838, parish seat-Tallulah
- Morehouse, formed 1844, parish seat-Bastrop
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- Natchitoches, formed 1807, parish seat-Nathitoches, Original Parish
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- Orleans, formed 1807, parish seat-New Orleans, Original Parish
- Ouachita, formed 1807, parish seat-Monroe, Original Parish
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- Plaquemines, formed 1807, parish seat-Pointe a la Hache
- Pointe Coupe, formed 1807, parish seat-New Reads
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- Rapides, formed 1807, parish seat-Alexandria, Original Parish
- Red River, formed 1871, parish seat-Coushatta
- Richland, formed 1868, parish seat-Rayville
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- Sabine, formed 1843, parish seat-Many
- St. Bernard, formed 1807, parish seat-Chalmette, Original Parish
- St. Charles, formed 1807, parish seat-Hahnville, Original Parish
- St. Helena, formed 1810, parish seat-Greensburg
- St. James, formed 1807, parish seat-Convent, Original Parish
- St. John the Baptist, formed 1807, parish seat-Edgard, Original Parish
- St. Landry, formed 1807, parish seat-Opelousas
- St. Martin, formed 1807, parish seat-St. Martinville, Original Parish
- St. Mary, formed 1811, parish seat-Franklin
- St. Tammany, formed 1810, parish seat-Covington
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- Tangipahoa, formed 1868, parish seat-Amite
- Tensas, formed 1843, parish seat-St. Joseph
- Terrebonne, formed 1822, parish seat-Hourna
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- Union, formed 1838, parish seat-Farmerville
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- Vermillion, formed 1844, parish seat-Abbeville
- Vernon, formed 1871, parish seat-Leesville
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- Washington, formed 1819, parish seat-Franklinton
- Webster, formed 1871, parish seat-Minden
- West Baton Rouge, formed 1807, parish seat-Port Allen
- West Carroll, formed 1877, parish seat-Oak Grove
- West Feliciana, formed 1824, parish seat-Saint Francisville
- Winn, formed 1851, parish seat-Winnfield
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