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Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana
Pointe Coupee Courthouse
Pointe Coupee Parish Courthouse
Map of Louisiana highlighting Pointe Coupee Parish
Location in the state of Louisiana
Map of the U.S
Louisiana's location in the U.S.
Founded 1807
Named for French for the place of the cut-off
Seat New Roads
Largest city New Roads
Area
 - Total
 - Land
 - Water

591 sq mi (1,531 km²)
557 sq mi (1,443 km²)
33 sq mi (85 km²), 5.6
Population
 -  Density

20,758
Congressional district 6th
Time zone Central: UTC-6/-5
Website http://www.pcpolicejury.org/

Pointe Coupee Parish, ( /ˈpɔɪnt kəˈp/ or /ˈpwɑːnt kˈp/; French: Paroisse de la Pointe-Coupée), is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,758.[1] The parish seat is New Roads.[2]

Pointe Coupee Parish is part of the Baton Rouge, Louisiana Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 2010, the center of population of Louisiana was located in Pointe Coupee Parish, in the city of New Roads.[3]

History[]

For more details on New Roads, Louisiana, see Point Coupee, Louisiana.

Point Coupee is the oldest white settlement on the lower Mississippi, having been made by some wandering Canadian trappers as early as 1708. Bienville established this place as a military post, before the commencement of New Orleans. The fort was moved in 1722 to an area near the present St. Francisville Ferry landing.

After several floods, Governor Luis de Unzaga in 1772 moved the European settlement to a new post, the so-called Post Unzaga. Recently, historians Cazorla and Polo, from the Louis de Unzaga Historical Society research team, using satellite remote sensing techniques and comparative plans from the General Archive of the Indies, have managed to locate the position of the Unzaga post, which included, along with it, a parish. After the slave rebellion of 1795 this settlement was left uninhabited.[4] Pointe Coupee Parish (originally and recently, informally pronounced pwahnt coo-pay) was organized by European Americans in 1805 as part of the Territory of Orleans (statehood for Louisiana followed in 1812). It was originally called Pointe Coupee County, and was one of the original 12 counties of the Territory of Orleans. It was renamed as Pointe Coupee Parish in 1816. The original Pointe Coupee Parish included parts of present-day Iberville and West Baton Rouge Parishes. There were minor boundary adjustments with neighboring parishes up through 1852, when its boundaries stabilized.[5]

In 2008, Pointe Coupee was one of the communities that suffered the most damage by Hurricane Gustav.

Geography[]

Map of Pointe Coupee Parish Louisiana With Municipal Labels

Map of Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana With Municipal Labels

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the parish has a total area of 591 square miles (1,530 km2), of which 557 square miles (1,440 km2) is land and 33 square miles (85 km2) (5.6%) is water.[6] The land consists mainly of prairies and backswamp.

Major highways[]

Pointe Coupee Parish has 498.98 miles of highways within its borders.[7]

  • US 190 U.S. Highway 190
  • Louisiana 1 Louisiana Highway 1
  • Louisiana 10 Louisiana Highway 10
  • Louisiana 15 Louisiana Highway 15
  • Louisiana 77 Louisiana Highway 77
  • Louisiana 78 Louisiana Highway 78
  • Louisiana 81 Louisiana Highway 81
  • Louisiana 411 Louisiana Highway 411
  • Louisiana 413 Louisiana Highway 413
  • Louisiana 414 Louisiana Highway 414
  • Louisiana 415 Louisiana Highway 415
  • Louisiana 416 Louisiana Highway 416
  • Louisiana 417 Louisiana Highway 417
  • Louisiana 418 Louisiana Highway 418
  • Louisiana 419 Louisiana Highway 419
  • Louisiana 420 Louisiana Highway 420
  • Louisiana 970 Louisiana Highway 970
  • Louisiana 971 Louisiana Highway 971
  • Louisiana 972 Louisiana Highway 972
  • Louisiana 973 Louisiana Highway 973
  • Louisiana 975 Louisiana Highway 975
  • Louisiana 976 Louisiana Highway 976
  • Louisiana 977 Louisiana Highway 977
  • Louisiana 978 Louisiana Highway 978
  • Louisiana 979 Louisiana Highway 979
  • Louisiana 981 Louisiana Highway 981
  • Louisiana 982 Louisiana Highway 982
  • Louisiana 983 Louisiana Highway 983
  • Louisiana 984 Louisiana Highway 984
  • Louisiana 3050 Louisiana Highway 3050
  • Louisiana 3091 Louisiana Highway 3091
  • Louisiana 3131 Louisiana Highway 3131
  • Louisiana 3190 Louisiana Highway 3190

Major waterways[]

  • Atchafalaya River
  • False River
  • Mississippi River
  • Old River
  • Raccourci Old River (not a river but an oxbow lake)
  • Red River

Adjacent parishes[]

National protected area[]

  • Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge (part)

Demographics[]

Historical population
Year Pop. ±%
1745 600
1810 3,187 +431.2%
1820 4,912 +54.1%
1830 5,942 +21.0%
1840 7,898 +32.9%
1850 11,339 +43.6%
1860 17,718 +56.3%
1870 12,981 −26.7%
1880 17,785 +37.0%
1890 19,613 +10.3%
1900 25,777 +31.4%
1910 25,289 −1.9%
1920 24,697 −2.3%
1930 21,007 −14.9%
1940 24,004 +14.3%
1950 21,841 −9.0%
1960 22,488 +3.0%
1970 22,002 −2.2%
1980 24,045 +9.3%
1990 22,540 −6.3%
2000 22,763 +1.0%
2010 22,802 +0.2%
2020 20,758 −9.0%
U.S. Decennial Census[8]
1790-1960[9] 1900-1990[10]
1990-2000[11] 2010-2020[1]

2020 census[]

Pointe Coupee Parish racial composition[12]
Race Number Percentage
White (non-Hispanic) 12,245 58.99%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 7,221 34.79%
Native American 37 0.18%
Asian 60 0.29%
Pacific Islander 2 0.01%
Other/Mixed 568 2.74%
Hispanic or Latino 625 3.01%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 20,758 people, 8,960 households, and 5,625 families residing in the parish.

2000 census[]

As of the census[13] of 2000, there were 22,763 people, 8,397 households, and 6,171 families residing in the parish. The population density was 41 people per square mile (16/km2). There were 10,297 housing units at an average density of 18 per square mile (7/km2). The racial makeup of the parish was 68.91% White, 29.61% Black or African American, 0.17% Native American, 0.25% Asian, 0.32% from other races, and 0.56% from two or more races. 1.08% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 93.61% of the population spoke only English at home, while 4.89% spoke French or Cajun French, 0.96% spoke Spanish, and 0.73% spoke Louisiana Creole French.[1]

There were 8,397 households, out of which 35.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.70% were married couples living together, 15.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.50% were non-families. 23.40% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.17.

In the parish the population was spread out, with 27.30% under the age of 18, 8.80% from 18 to 24, 27.00% from 25 to 44, 23.10% from 45 to 64, and 13.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.70 males.

The median income for a household in the parish was $30,618, and the median income for a family was $36,625. Males had a median income of $35,022 versus $20,759 for females. The per capita income for the parish was $15,387, ranking 23rd out of 64 parishes. About 18.70% of families and 23.10% of the population were below the poverty line, including 30.20% of those under age 18 and 23.90% are the age of 65 and older.


Economy[]

Nan Ya Plastics Corporation America has a large plant near Batchelor. Another large employer is NRG / Big Cajun 1 & 2 power plants near New Roads. The parish's economy is heavily reliant upon agriculture, with sugar cane being one of the main cash crops.

Education[]

Primary and secondary schools[]

The Pointe Coupee Parish School Board serves the parish. As of 2014 the sole secondary school operated by the parish school board is Livonia High School, serving grades 7 through 12. Pointe Coupee Central High School was closed down in 2014. Current public schools include Stem Magnet Academy, Valverda Elementary, Rougon, Rosenwald, and Upper Pointe Coupee Elementary.

Private
  • Catholic Elementary of Pointe Coupee / Catholic High School of Pointe Coupee (of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge)
  • False River Academy

The parish is in the service area of South Louisiana Community College.[14]

National Guard[]

A Co of the 769th BEB (Brigade Engineer Battalion) is an Engineer Company (Combat) that resides in New Roads, Louisiana. This unit is part of the 256TH IBCT and deployed to Iraq in 2004-5 and 2010.

Communities[]

File:PointeCoupee-NamesMap.JPG

Pointe Coupee Parish map showing names and locations of towns and communities

City[]

  • New Roads (parish seat)

Towns[]

  • Fordoche
  • Livonia

Village[]

  • Morganza

Census-designated place[]

  • Ventress

Unincorporated communities[]

  • Aline
  • Allon
  • Alma
  • Anchor
  • Argyle
  • Bayou Latenache
  • Batchelor
  • Beaud
  • Blanks
  • Brooks
  • Brownview
  • Chenal
  • Columbo
  • Coon
  • Dupont
  • False River
  • East Krotz Springs
  • Elliot City
  • Frisco
  • Frogmore
  • Glynn
  • Hermitage
  • Ingleside
  • Innis
  • Island
  • Jacoby
  • Jarreau
  • Keller
  • Knapp
  • LaBarre
  • Lacour
  • Lakeland
  • Leavel
  • Legonier
  • Lettsworth
  • Lottie
  • Major
  • McCrea
  • McKneeley
  • Mix
  • Morrison
  • New California
  • New Texas
  • Oscar
  • Parlange
  • Patin
  • Point Coupee
  • Quinton
  • Ravenswood
  • Red Cross
  • Red River Landing
  • Rougon
  • Seibert
  • Schwabs
  • Sherburne
  • Shexnayder
  • Smithland
  • Sparks
  • St. Dizier
  • Torbert
  • Torras
  • Valverda
  • Waterloo
  • Wickliffe
  • Williamsport

Notable residents[]

  • Lindy Boggs (1916-2013) – U.S. Representative from Louisiana's 2nd congressional district and U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See. She was a Dame of the Orders of Malta, St. Lazarus and Holy Sepulchre as well as the Pian Order.
  • Brian J. Costello, native and lifelong resident of New Roads is a humanitarian author of more than two dozen books on local, Louisiana, European and religious studies and is a Knight of the Imperial Teutonic, St. Lazarus and Nobility of the Holy Roman Empire Orders.
  • Emmitt Douglas (1926–1981) – president of the Louisiana NAACP from 1966 to 1981, resided in New Roads from 1949 to 1981
  • Ernest Gaines – author
  • Clark Gaudin - former state representative from East Baton Rouge Parish
  • Buddy Guy - Singer
  • Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, historian, did extensive research and writing about slavery in Louisiana, having discovered important documentation of the slave trade and individual slaves that provided new understanding of African-American history in Louisiana, including the specific ethnic origins in various African cultures of many slaves
  • Russel L. Honoré - retired Lieutenant General, U.S. Army
  • J. Thomas Jewell - state representative 1936–1968; Speaker of the Louisiana House 1960-1964
  • J. E. Jumonville, Jr. - state senator from District 17, 1976–1992, horse breeder
  • J. E. Jumonville, Sr. - state senator, 1968–1976, natural gas developer
  • Catherine D. Kimball - former Chief Justice of Louisiana Supreme Court; former judge of the Louisiana 18th Judicial District Court, 1983-1993
  • Major General John Archer Lejeune, career military officer and Commandant of the United States Marine Corps.
  • Hall Lyons (1923-1998) - Louisiana oilman and politician, owned at least two oil wells in Pointe Coupee Parish.
  • Norma McCorvey - anonymous plaintiff in 1973 U.S. Supreme Court landmark abortion case, Roe v. Wade.
  • deLesseps Story Morrison (1912–1964), born in New Roads, was elected four times as mayor of New Orleans, serving from 1946 to 1962; he ran unsuccessfully three times for governor of Louisiana. He was also the United States ambassador to the Organization of American States.
  • Jacob Haight Morrison, (1905-1974), New Roads native, became a journalist, politician and preservationist, helping protect the French Quarter of New Orleans.
  • Charles Parlange - former Chief Justice of Louisiana Supreme Court
  • Julien Poydras – territorial U.S. Representative for Louisiana; 1st State Senate President, philanthropist
  • William Priestley (1771-1838), son of the famous English chemist and philosopher Joseph Priestley, who emigrated to America in 1793 and eventually bought a sugar plantation in Pointe Coupee Parish around 1805, where he lived the rest of his life with his family; his son, William Jr., was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives from the same parish.
  • James Ryder Randall - poet, teacher at Poydras Academy, 1856–1860, wrote "Maryland, My Maryland" while living in Pointe Coupée Parish
  • Nauman Scott - judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, based in Alexandria
  • Major Thibaut - state representative for District 18 since 2008; First Parish President
  • H. C. Tounoir - former state representative
  • Chris Williams - offensive tackle for the St. Louis Rams
  • Clyde Kimball - former State Representative and former deputy secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries

Politics[]

Prior to 2008, Pointe Coupee Parish was a Democratic stronghold in presidential elections, only failing to back the party's nominees four times between 1912 and 2004 even as the South began trending more Republican in presidential elections. Since 2008 it has consistently supported Republican nominees.

United States presidential election results for Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana[15]
Year Republican Democratic Third party
No.  % No.  % No.  %
2020 7,503 60.65% 4,683 37.85% 185 1.50%
2016 6,789 57.72% 4,764 40.51% 208 1.77%
2012 6,548 53.91% 5,436 44.75% 163 1.34%
2008 6,702 53.90% 5,516 44.36% 217 1.75%
2004 5,429 48.17% 5,712 50.68% 130 1.15%
2000 4,710 43.48% 5,813 53.67% 309 2.85%
1996 3,545 31.28% 6,835 60.32% 952 8.40%
1992 3,563 31.47% 6,512 57.52% 1,247 11.01%
1988 4,333 39.64% 6,308 57.71% 289 2.64%
1984 5,477 44.58% 6,732 54.79% 78 0.63%
1980 3,667 35.73% 6,395 62.31% 201 1.96%
1976 2,567 32.59% 5,147 65.35% 162 2.06%
1972 3,192 46.58% 3,133 45.72% 528 7.70%
1968 850 11.34% 3,139 41.87% 3,508 46.79%
1964 2,327 50.87% 2,247 49.13% 0 0.00%
1960 674 16.39% 2,953 71.81% 485 11.79%
1956 1,332 45.03% 1,542 52.13% 84 2.84%
1952 1,174 45.88% 1,385 54.12% 0 0.00%
1948 198 10.01% 402 20.31% 1,379 69.68%
1944 271 15.88% 1,436 84.12% 0 0.00%
1940 247 11.63% 1,877 88.37% 0 0.00%
1936 116 7.56% 1,419 92.44% 0 0.00%
1932 65 5.95% 1,027 94.05% 0 0.00%
1928 102 7.12% 1,330 92.88% 0 0.00%
1924 146 27.65% 369 69.89% 13 2.46%
1920 143 26.00% 407 74.00% 0 0.00%
1916 37 10.48% 301 85.27% 15 4.25%
1912 55 12.09% 304 66.81% 96 21.10%



See also[]

  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana
  • Pointe Coupee Parish Sheriff's Office

References[]

  1. ^ a b "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/22/22077.html. 
  2. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx. 
  3. ^ "Centers of Population by State: 2010". United States Census Bureau. https://www.census.gov/geo/reference/docs/cenpop2010/CenPop2010_Mean_ST.txt. 
  4. ^ Cazorla, Frank, The governor Louis de Unzaga (1717-1793) Pioneer in birth of the United States of America and in Liberalism, Foundation Malaga, 2019, pages 58, 133
  5. ^ Gold Bug Software. "AniMap Plus: County Boundary Historical Atlas". http://www.goldbug.com/AniMap.html. 
  6. ^ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_22.txt. 
  7. ^ "Louisiana State Police". lsp.org. http://www.lsp.org/troopa.html. 
  8. ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html. 
  9. ^ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu. 
  10. ^ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/la190090.txt. 
  11. ^ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000". United States Census Bureau. https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf. 
  12. ^ "Explore Census Data". https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=0500000US22077&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2. 
  13. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. https://www.census.gov. 
  14. ^ "Our Colleges". Louisiana's Technical and Community Colleges. https://www.lctcs.edu/our-colleges. Retrieved 2021-06-03. 
  15. ^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS. 

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