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Jefferson Davis Parish
Founded: January 1, 1913
The parish seat is Jennings.

Jefferson Davis Parish is named after the president of the Confederacy during the American Civil War, Jefferson Davis. It is located in southwestern Louisiana and forms a part of the Acadiana region.  Jefferson Davis Parish was one of the last incorporated parishes in the state of Louisiana. Originally a part of Imperial Calcasieu Parish, the bill creating Jefferson Davis Parish was passed in 1912, but did not take effect until 1913.
 [Excerpted from "Louisiana Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form"; Edited by Alcee Fortier, Lit. D.; vol. 2; Southern Historical Association; 1909]

Cities, Towns, and Villages
Elton * Felton * Jennings * Lake Arthur * Lacassine * Roanoke 



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Feb 2025: Death News: GUEYDAN; Calamity News: POWELL, PARTIS; Sick List News: SHAW; Birth News: GARROULD, PHENICE, FOSTER, SHULTZ, RENSHAW, LIMBOCKER

Oct 2024: Ads: LEE, HUNTER, CLINE, WOOTEN, TERRY, FALLS, SAVOIE, HAGIUIS, REED, HEINEN, LUCAS, PUTNAM, LEE

Aug 2024: Marriage News: BRISBIN, WINSLOW

Jun 2024: Marriage News: MANUEL, MILLER, SABIN, FULLER; Birth News: JONES; Sick List News: KENNISTON, SCOTT; Visiting News: MCFARLAIN, HEINEN, ROY, VANNESS, WELSH, MORTON, TAYLOR, HAGAN, MORSE, HEBERT, PEETERS, STOWITS, BONNIN, SPENCER, THOMAS, SHOEMAKER, GEORGE, RICHARD, LUEHN

Mar 2024: Marriage News: WHITIS, KEY

Jan 2024: News: Newspapers of Jefferson Davis Parish; Ads: BRENNAN, GODEAU, MILLER, FLINT, MELANSON, LACOUR, ZABOILO, EATON

Sept 2023: School News: 1909 Jennings High School Graduates; Death News: BROUSSARD, MYERS; Ads: HEBERT, ANDRUS, FUNK, LAYNE, Hulburt House; Sick List News: THRASH, PHEGLEY, CHILD; Visiting News: EVANS, WILKINS, COFFIN, GORTON, KISTNER, CARY, HUMPHREY, WILLIAMS, SPENCER, JACK, SABIN; Biographies: ROSTROM

May 2023: Marriage News: CRYER, PINCUS; Death News: REDO; Crime News: LEWIS, DIAMOND; MONROE, SNIPE, WILLIAMS, BRIAN, WALKER, CULLEN, BONNIN, HEBERT, HOLLINS, CROW; Sick List News: HINKEY, CONNER; Party News: GORTON; Visiting News: MOSES, CALLAFF, LEWIS, GREEN, WOOTEN, VAN VALKENBURG, HENRY, SHANLEY, WILKINS, LEWIS, NEWBANKS, HINCHLIEFFE, HALL, CUTTING, SWICK, CURTIS, MOORE, MCFARLAIN, MINNIX, HARRIS, DEITZ, HEYWOOD, ROADHOUSE, SHAW, DEBAILOON, Biographies: MILLER; Ads: LANG, WILLIAMS, BAIER, BULLER, TERRY, MANDOT, BRAINARD, WOOTEN, WILKINS, ADAMS, MCVEY, TERRY, SHANNON, CASE, WILLIAMS, HAGIUS, MITCHELL, HINCLIFFE'S Restuaruant, BOLLICH, CLINE, WITHBECK, BAUER, ZABOLIO, LONGMAN; History: 1914 Historical Overview

Jan 2023: Marriage News: MEYERS, McMARTIN, TIPPEN, KREELOW, GIMBEL, THOMPSON, WHISENHUNT, HAZEL, IGLEHART, LEE, DEAN, COCKRELL; Military: World War 2 Army Casualties, Korean War Casualties, Vietnam War Casualties

 

 


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Adjacent Parishes

Allen Parish (north)
Evangeline Parish (northeast)
Acadia Parish (east)
Vermilion Parish (southeast)
Cameron Parish (south)
Calcasieu Parish (west)
Beauregard Parish (northwest)

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