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West Feliciana Parish

West Feliciana was part of Feliciana Parish which was founded in 1810 and was divided in 1824 into East Feliciana Parish and West Feliciana Parish. The parish was formed in 1824.
The parish seat is St. Francisville.  
The Louisiana State Penitentiary is located in West Feliciana Parish in Angola.

West Feliciana parish Map

Cities, Towns, and Villages
St. Francisville is the sole incorporated city.

Unincorporated Communities
Louisiana State Penitentiary (Angola)
Bains ~ Tunica ~ Wakefield ~ Rogillioville

Bayou Sara
Founded by John Mills in 1790 as a trading post and cotton port.  
Bayou Sara was the river port for the Felicianas and was one of the largest shipping ports between Natchez and New Orleans before 1860.
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PARISH DATA

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WEBSITE UPDATES:

Jan 2025: Death News: CARNEY; Sick List News: STIRLING; Marriage News: JORDAN, SMITH, PARMELEE, STONAKER, BOUANCHAUD, MORRISON, MAGRUDER, TURPIN, CONNELL, CONVERSE, MULLINS, AUSTIN, ROSENTHAL, SMITH, THOMS, SMITH; History: Rosedown Plantation, Greenwood Plantation

Oct 2024: Community News: GALLEHER, IRVINE; Ads: SEMPLE, WICKLIFFE, MAGEARL, WEYDERT, BARROW, HENDERSON, PLITT, POWELL; Census Records: 1901 Business Directory

Jun 2024: Death News: BARROW, WEIL; Birth News: TEMPEL; Ads: STONE, SEMPLE, PERCY, ABNEY, BARROW, LOFTON, POWELL, WEYDERT, STERN, GASTRELL, Riverside Pharmacy, FRIER, LEJEUNE, Hotel Windsor; Visiting News: ALLAIN, ELDER, DAVIDSON, TRACY, BUTTON, GILMORE, PERCY, BALL, TENNY, CONVERSE, CLAIBORNE, PROVOSTY, MAGUIRE, BUCK, MOREHEAD, CATTLETT, STEPHENS, CORCORAN, ROW, ORTIS, BROOKS, CHRISTIAN, MUMFORD, IRVINE, MONTGOMERY, MCCALEB, TRUDEAU, THOMS, CALDWELL, BAER, STEPHENS, RAYNHAM; History: 1896 History of Bayou Sara, St. Francisville, and West Felicana Parish

Jan 2024: Military: 1890 Veterans Schedule; Death News: CHEATMAN, BROWN, WALKER; Crime News: MARTINEZ; Calamity News: Squatterville fire WEIL,MARTINEZ, RETTIG, FARRELLY; Community News

Sept 2023: History: 1914 Historical Overview; Marriage News: SAURAGE, SPOHN; Death News: COINTMENT, BOVARD, HARMOSON, O'KELLY, ROTH; Sick List News: JOHNSON; Visiting News: BARROW, WEST, CARNEY, RICHARDSON, MARYMAN, BOONE, DAVIS, LEAKE, CARTER, NEWSHAM, BARROW, RICHARDSON, FOLKES, FORRESTER, HAGAR, MICHEL; Slavery News: GILBERT, HOOKER; News: Newspapers of West Feliciana Parish; History: History of West Feliciana Parish

May 2023: Death News: KING, PHILLIPS, PERCY, DAVIS, GORHAM, WESTROPE; Marriage News: BARTON, ROWAN; School News: 1915 Julius Freyhan High School Closing Exercises; Ads: PICARD, WEIL, Henrietta House, St. James Hotel, LENKE, WATSON, MARTINEZ, BRUNNERT, ROSENTHAL, Square Deal Saloon, SPENCER, TURNER, SZABO, DIEM, Feliciana Female C. Institute; Cemetery: Sligo Cemetery,

Feb 2023: History: History of Bayou Sara

Jan 2023: Marriage News: DIDDON, LANGLOIS, TOWN, LABOYE; Military: Korean War Casualties, Vietnam War Casualties, 1883 Pensioners

Previous Updates: 1850 Mortality Schedule; Marriage News: BARROW-LEWIS, PORTER-COATES; Family: GOODMAN; History Topic: The Myrtles Plantation; Sicklist news: DENNETT, CONVERSE, DAVIDSON, AUSTIN; Obits: DOUGLAS, DICKERSON, GOODMAN, WELLS, REMONDET, LEET; Gossip News: JACKSON, NEWSHAM, JOHN, KILBOURNE, LANIUS, MALTBY, HOWELL, RICHARDSON, CAMPBELL, THOMS, PHARES, LUCAS; Birth News: DOHERTY; Crime News: ROGERS, GEORGE, HAMPTON, JOHNSON

 
 


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ADJACENT PARISHES

Wilkinson County, Mississippi (north)
East Feliciana Parish (east)
East Baton Rouge Parish (south)
West Baton Rouge Parish (south)
Pointe Coupee Parish (southwest)
Avoyelles Parish (northwest)
Concordia Parish (northwest)

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