Iron County Record | 1938-12-29 | Page 7 | Why Louisiana Has Parishes

Vb Why Louisiana Has as Parishes Soon after the purchase of Louisiana Louisi ana from France that part of the territory which comprises the state stale was divided into 12 settlements called counties These districts were not nol clearly de defined ned and proved unsatisfactory un tin satisfactory for the purposes of civil government In 1807 1607 the legislature legis legislature lature of the territory of Orleans divided the territory into 19 dis dis- districts and called them parishes from the old French and Spanish ecclesiastical districts or parishes And when the state was admitted to the Union the name parish was applied to additional civil districts district which were afterwards created