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Avoyelles is a parish located in central eastern Louisiana on the Red River where it effectively becomes the Atchafalaya River and meets the Mississippi River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 39,693. The parish seat is Marksville. The parish was created in 1807, with the name deriving from the French name for the historic Avoyel people, one of the local Indian tribes at the time of European encounter.
Belle Rose is a census-designated place (CDP) in Assumption Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 1,902 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Pierre Part micropolitan statistical area.
Cottonport is a town in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 2,006 at the 2010 census.
Evergreen is a town in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 310 at the 2010 census. Evergreen is located east of Bunkie.
Marksville is a small city in and the parish seat of Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 5,702 at the 2010 census, an increase of 165 over the 2000 tabulation of 5,537.
Carville is a neighborhood of St. Gabriel in Iberville Parish in South Louisiana, located sixteen miles south of the capital city of Baton Rouge on the Mississippi River. Carville was the childhood hometown of political consultant James Carville, and was named for his grandfather, Louis Arthur Carville, the postmaster. The ZIP Code for Carville is 70721.
Rosefield is an unincorporated community in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana. The area code is 318.
Cloutierville is an unincorporated community in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States. It lies approximately 20 miles (32 km) south of the city of Natchitoches on the Cane River. The community is part of the Natchitoches Micropolitan Statistical Area, off exit 119 of Interstate 49.
Maurepas is an unincorporated community in the south/southwestern area of Livingston Parish, Louisiana, United States. Louisiana Highway 22 passes through the community and Whitehall lies two miles to the east. Lake Maurepas is six miles to the east and the Amite River lies approximately one half mile to the north. The ZIP Code for Maurepas is 70449.
Burnside is an unincorporated community in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, United States. It was founded by French and German settlers in 1726, early in the French colonial period. The ZIP Code for Burnside is 70738.
Sunshine is a northern neighborhood of the city of St. Gabriel in Iberville Parish, Louisiana, United States. Located approximately 15 miles south of Baton Rouge along the Mississippi River, the community was originally named Forlorn Hope by inhabitants but was given its current name by Oscar Richard, Sr., who was the post master of the Forlorn Hope, La. post office. He petitioned the federal government for permission to change the name of the post office to Sunshine, La., in order to give it a more uplifting name. As frequently happens, the villages took the name of the local post office; hence, the name of the village and community became known as Sunshine, La. The community was annexed to St. Gabriel in 1987. The ZIP Code for Sunshine is 70780.
Plattenville is an unincorporated community in Assumption Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 1,965 at the 2000 census.
Raymond Laborde Correctional Center (RLCC), formerly Avoyelles Correctional Center (ACC), is a state prison of Louisiana, operated by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections. It is located in unincorporated Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, near Cottonport and about 30 miles (48 km) south of Alexandria.
Effie is an unincorporated community in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States. Its ZIP code is 71331.
Vick is an unincorporated community in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States. Its ZIP code is 71331.
Crowville is an unincorporated area with the only cluster of public services and commercial shopping within Ward 4, Franklin Parish, Louisiana. It serves as the center of commerce for all 11 villages. As such, Crowville services the network of families that live throughout the ward, a total of 3,911 persons and 1,087 households. Franklin Parish has 19,964 persons and 7,274 households. Although unincorporated, Crowville has a post office with a ZIP code of 71230.
Aimwell is an unincorporated community in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, United States. It has also been known as Debourn and Hickory Flat in its history. The ZIP Code for Aimwell is 71401.
Archibald is an unincorporated community in Richland Parish, Louisiana, United States. The ZIP Code for Archibald is 71218.
Big Bend is an unincorporated community in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Bodoc is an unincorporated community in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States.
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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hamburg, Louisiana
- ↑ "Hamburg ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ↑ Saucier, Corinne L. (1943). History of Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. Pelican Publishing. p. 287. ISBN 978-1-4556-0579-8.
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