Big Bend, Louisiana

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Big Bend is an unincorporated community in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States. [1]

Etymology

Big Bend was named from its location on a meander of the Bayou Des Glaises. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Big Bend, Louisiana
  2. Leeper, Clare D'Artois (October 19, 2012). Louisiana Place Names: Popular, Unusual, and Forgotten Stories of Towns, Cities, Plantations, Bayous, and Even Some Cemeteries. LSU Press. p. 41. ISBN   978-0-8071-4740-5.

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