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Lafourche Parish
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parish in Louisiana, United States
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Vinony's link graph records 631 inbound references to Lafourche Parish, and connects out to United States Census Bureau, Thibodaux and county seat.
The entry is geolocated on the map in LA.
It sits within the topics 1807 establishments in the Territory of Orleans, Acadiana and Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux metropolitan area.
Vinony links it to 45 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Louisiana
- Named after
- la fourche, French for the fork
- Seat
- Thibodaux
- Largest city
- Thibodaux
- Total
- 1,474 sq mi (3,820 km )
- Land
- 1,068 sq mi (2,770 km )
- Water
- 406 sq mi (1,050 km ) 28%
- Estimate 2025
- 95,505
- Density
- 91.35/sq mi (35.27/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional districts
- 1st , 6th
- Website
- www .lafourchegov .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Louisiana
- Contains
- Thibodaux
- Capital
- Thibodaux
- Population
- 97557
- Area
- 3831
- Shares border with
- Assumption Parish
- Official website
- www.lafourchegov.org
- Image
- Lafourche Parish Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 36645
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- Commons category
- Lafourche Parish, Louisiana
- topic's main category
- Category:Lafourche Parish, Louisiana
- inception
- 1807-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Lafourche Parish, Louisiana
- water as percent of area
- 28
- native label
- Lafourche Parish
- IPA transcription
- paʁwas də lafuʁʃ
- per capita income
- 28220
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Encyclopedic overview
Lafourche Parish (French: Paroisse de la Fourche) is a parish located in the south of the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat is Thibodaux. The parish was formed in 1807. It was originally the northern part of Lafourche Interior Parish, which consisted of the present parishes of Lafourche and Terrebonne. Lafourche Parish was named after the Bayou Lafourche. City buildings have been featured in television and movies, such as in Fletch Lives, due to its architecture and rich history. At the 2020 census, its population was 97,557.
Long a center of sugar cane plantations and sugar production, in November 1887 the parish was the site of the Thibodaux Massacre. After state militia were used to suppress a massive Knights of Labor strike involving 10,000 workers in four parishes, many African Americans retreated to Thibodaux. Local paramilitary forces attacked the men and their families, killing an estimated 50 persons. Hundreds more were missing, wounded, and presumed dead in one of the deadliest incidents of labor suppression and racial terrorism.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lafourche Parish” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.