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Church Point is a town located in Acadia Parish, Louisiana. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 4,756. Acadia Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ...
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Church Point is located at 30°24'17" North, 92°13'1" West (30.404592, -92.216893)1. Image File history File links Adapted from Wikipedias LA county maps by Catbar. ...
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According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 7.1 km² (2.8 mi²). 7.1 km² (2.8 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ...
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History The Church Point settlement developed on land originally owned by Sylvain Sonnier. His Spanish grant was described as being "in the cove of Bayou Plaquemine Brûlée". Sylvain Sonnier married Magdalene Bourg. One of their sons, born about 1768 was also named Sylvain. At the time of the 1777 census, the Sonniers owned 150 bead of cattle, 11 horses and mules, and 45 hogs. Sonnier probably used his Bayou Plaquemine Brûlée property as a vacherie (cattle ranch). The American State Papers identify him as "an inhabitant of Bellevue," which is south of Opelousas. The earliest known settler in the Church Point area was Louis Latiolais, who came in the 1770s. Anglo Protestants settled in the area in the 1780s. There was a Methodist church built to the west of the town at Plaquemine Brûlée and a settlement began to spread east along the bayou, reaching a point where the bayou made an almost-right angle turn. By then, there was a Catholic church at the turn, and so the first post office (established here. on Sept. 29, 1873) was given the name Church Point. Jules David was the first postmaster. The nucleus of the settlement began in the 1840s, when two grandsons of Etienne Daigle III, Joseph E. Daigle and Theodule Daigle, built homes in what is now the town proper. Other early settlers were the families of Barousse, Bergeron, Breaux, David, Guidry, LeBleu, Leger, McBride, Thibodeaux, and Wimberly. Pierre Louis Guidry was the settlement's first merchant, who probably opened his store there about 1840. Jean Barousse, a native of France, was also a pioneer merchant, arriving in Church Point in the 1840s. Other early businessmen were Leonard Franques, Jules David, and Ernest Daigle, all of whom were in the business at least in the 1870s, and possibly before that. Opelousas is a city located in St. ...
In 1848, the Jesuits of Grand Coteau were asked to establish a church in the settlement. They had been coming to the area for some time to say Mass and administer the sacraments in the Guidry home. The Jesuits bought land and a church building was secured by the Daigle brothers and hauled into town. The small chapel, measuring 20 by 30 feet, was the first Catholic church established in the Acadia Parish area. Preceded only by the churches of Opelousas and Grand Coteau, it was the third Catholic church to be built in St. Landry Parish. The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu), commonly known as the Jesuits, is a Roman Catholic religious order. ...
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A larger church building replaced the first chapel in 1851. Three years later the Daigles donated five arpents of land to the church, adding to the original tract bought by the Jesuits. The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu), commonly known as the Jesuits, is a Roman Catholic religious order. ...
A school was in operation in Church Point in 1856, in a small room adjoining the Catholic chapel. Teachers were paid for two months' work each year. A new school building was constructed in 1875. This one accommodated about 35 pupils who went to class three or four months of the year. The Sisters of Immaculate Conception opened a Catholic school at Church Point in 1914.
The first post office at Church Point was established in 1873, with Jules David as first postmaster. The attractions of the town were detailed in an Opelousas Courier article of May 15, 1880: Opelousas is a city located in St. ...
"Church Point is the name of a pretty little hamlet situated on Bayou Plaquemine, about 15 miles from Opelousas. It is one of the healthiest locations in St. Landry Parish, and is thickly settled with industrious and neighborly citizens, mostly Creoles yet with quite a sprinkling of the American population." According to the newspaper account, the town had two stores, a blacksmith and wagon shop, a boot and shoe shop, a sugar mill, a school, a Catholic church, and a resident physician. The citizens, the writer said, were "good, happy and contented."
The town was incorporated in 1899. Pioneer merchants included Jean Barousse, Leonard Franques, P.L. Guidry, J.B. David, Thelesmar Guidry, Etienne Latiolais, H.D. McBride, and Moses Landry. Just after the turn of the century, P.L. Guidry and some others began to promote the organized sale of lots in the town. The first sale was on Dec. 19, 1905 when 120 lots were auctioned and six were donated for a public school. A second sale took place in 1908, after the Opelousas, Gulf, and Northeastern Railroad was completed to Church Point. Opelousas is a city located in St. ...
The railroad track reached Church Point on April 19, 1907, and by year's end the town could boast, besides the new railraod depot, a new hotel, a new printing office, a dozen or so new homes, warehousing foe the new goods the railroad would haul, and other new construction.
Early this century, Church Point was in the center of the Acadia Parish cotton industry and boasted four cotton gins at one time. The boll weevil eventually did in much of the cotton crop there, and farmers turned to corn, sugar cane and rice. Acadia Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ...
A vegetable and fruit canning plant was set up in 1913, and that first year processed 40,000 cans of blackberries, figs, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, and cane syrup.
Demographics As of the census2 of 2000, there are 4,756 people, 1,720 households, and 1,202 families residing in the town. The population density is 667.7/km² (1,726.5/mi²). There are 1,863 housing units at an average density of 261.6/km² (676.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 67.47% White, 31.54% African American, 0.17% Native American, 0.15% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.42% from other races, and 0.25% from two or more races. 1.58% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ...
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The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...
There are 1,720 households out of which 38.1% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.4% are married couples living together, 18.1% have a female householder with no husband present, and 30.1% are non-families. 27.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 14.9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.68 and the average family size is 3.26. Marriage is a relationship and bond between individuals that plays a key role in the definition of many families. ...
In the town the population is spread out with 30.6% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 25.9% from 25 to 44, 19.6% from 45 to 64, and 14.6% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 34 years. For every 100 females there are 85.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 79.9 males.
The median income for a household in the town is $20,365, and the median income for a family is $27,037. Males have a median income of $26,563 versus $15,833 for females. The per capita income for the town is $10,176. 30.5% of the population and 28.9% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 39.0% of those under the age of 18 and 37.0% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the number of people. ...
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