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  1. Attakapas County, Orleans Territory - Wikipedia

    • Attakapas Parish, a former parish (county) in southern Louisiana, was one of the twelve parishes in the Territory of Orleans, newly defined by the United States federal government following its Louisiana Purchase in 1803. At its core was the Poste des Attakapas trading post, which developed as the current city of St. Martinville. … See more

    Foundation

    Attakapas Parish was formally created from the Attakapas and Opelousas districts in 1805 by Governor
    In … See more

    Early history

    Prior to European colonization, the area was primarily home to the Atakapa tribe. See more

    Colonial settlement

    The first Europeans arrived in the 1730s, and they were predominantly French or of French descent.
    In the 1760s and 1780s, following British victory over France in the Seven Years War, it too… See more

    Slavery

    By the time that the former Attakapas Territory/District became Attakapas Parish, the Acadians living there had developed a prosperous agricultural economy based on cattle, enhanced by small-scale vegetable and corn fa… See more

     
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