Pont Des Mouton (bridge of the Moutons) is an unincorporated community in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States.
The community, bridge, and access road are named after Jean and Marin Mouton, two local landowners who settled the area during the 1770s. [1] The community is located near the intersection of East Pont Des Mouton Road and Louisiana Avenue near I-10 
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Lafayette Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. According to the 2020 U.S. census, the parish had a population of 241,753, up from 221,578 at the 2010 United States census. The parish seat is the city of Lafayette. The parish was founded in 1823. Since 1996, the city and parish have operated as a consolidated government.
Carencro is a city in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a suburb of the nearby city of Lafayette. The population was 7,526 at the 2010 census, up from 6,120 in 2000; at the 2020 census, its population was 9,272. The name of the city is derived from the Cajun French word for buzzard; the spot where the community was settled was one where large flocks of American black vultures roosted in the bald cypress trees. The name means "carrion crow." Carencro is part of the Lafayette metropolitan area.
Lafayette is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana, and the most populous city and parish seat of Lafayette Parish, located along the Vermilion River. It is Louisiana's 4th most populous city by population with a 2020 census population of 121,374; the consolidated city-parish's population was 241,753 in 2020. The Lafayette metropolitan area was Louisiana's third largest metropolitan statistical area with a population of 478,384 at the 2020 census. The Acadiana region containing Lafayette is the largest population and economic corridor between Houston, Texas and New Orleans.
Youngsville is a city in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States, and is part of the Lafayette metropolitan statistical area. The population was 8,105 at the 2010 U.S. census, and 15,929 at the 2020 United States census.
Broussard is a city in Lafayette and St. Martin parishes in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The population was 8,197 at the 2010 U.S. census, and 13,417 at the 2020 United States census. Broussard is part of the Lafayette metropolitan statistical area.
KHXT is a Rhythmic Top 40 radio station serving the Lafayette area. The Townsquare Media outlet broadcasts with an ERP of 97 kW and is licensed to Erath, Louisiana. Its studios are located on Bertrand Road in Lafayette, and its transmitter is located north of St. Martinville, Louisiana. Every weekday from 6 AM to 10 AM, they host The Morning Buzz with Chris Reed and Digital, and Friday mornings from 6 AM to 10 AM, they play the Breakfast Jam, an all request mixshow that is a mix of old school hip hop and various other types of old school music. The station also hosts all Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football games, men's basketball games, and women's basketball games.
The Vermilion River is a 70.0-mile-long (112.7 km) bayou in southern Louisiana in the United States. It is formed on the common boundary of Lafayette and St. Martin parishes by a confluence of small bayous flowing from St. Landry Parish, and flows generally southward through Lafayette and Vermilion parishes, past the cities of Lafayette and Abbeville. At the port of Intracoastal City, the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway crosses the river before the latter flows into Vermilion Bay, an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico. The river originates at Bayou Fusilier, which is fed by Bayou Teche; winds its way through Lafayette Parish; and drains into the Vermilion Bay below Vermilion Parish.
Lafayette, Vermilionville, or the Lafayette metropolitan statistical area per the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, is the third largest metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. state of Louisiana. Located in the south central Acadiana region, it covers five parishes. At the 2020 U.S. census, 478,384 people lived in the metropolitan area, making it the 116th most populous in the United States and one of Louisiana's fastest growing metropolises; in 2010, its population was 273,738 and it outpaced the Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area in 2015.
Jean-Jacques-Alfred-Alexandre "Alfred" Mouton was a Confederate general in the American Civil War. Although trained at West Point, he soon resigned his commission to become a civil engineer and then a sugarcane grower, while also serving as a brigadier general in the Louisiana State Militia.
KMDL is a country music-formatted radio station in Lafayette, Louisiana. It is owned by Townsquare Media. Its studios are located on Bertrand Road in Lafayette, and its transmitter is located south of Youngsville, Louisiana.
The Battle of Stirling's Plantation was an American Civil War battle took place on September 29, 1863 in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana.
Vatican is an unincorporated community in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Billeaud is an unincorporated community in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Mouton is an unincorporated community in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Walroy is an unincorporated community in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Capitan is an unincorporated community in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Elks is an unincorporated community in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Larabee is an unincorporated community in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Fernand Mouton was an American politician. Between 1916 and 1920 he served as Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana.
Vermilionville Historic Village, located in Lafayette, Louisiana, is a Cajun and Creole living history museum with restored historic structures.
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