Iron County Record | 1926-12-10 | Page 16 | No Counties in Louisiana

No Counties Countie in Louisiana Soon after alter the territory which l Is I. Isnow now the state of ot Louisiana came Into the possession of ot the United States It was Vas divided Into 12 counties These districts which were purely pure arbitrary proved unsatisfactory from the standpoint stand standpoint point of civil government Therefore l In 1807 1801 the territory was This time the old Spanish parishes or ecclesiastical districts were used as asa a basis for the division Hence the name parish Ins Instead tend of county Ex Ex change