{"id":732,"date":"2016-06-24T13:04:56","date_gmt":"2016-06-24T13:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stcharlesinn.com\/?p=732"},"modified":"2016-06-24T13:04:56","modified_gmt":"2016-06-24T13:04:56","slug":"why-does-louisiana-have-parishes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topsuitesites3.com\/stcharlesinn.com\/why-does-louisiana-have-parishes\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Does Louisiana Have Parishes?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Instead of counties, Louisiana has parishes\u2014it\u2019s the only state in the country with this unique feature. (Alaska, on the other hand, has boroughs instead of counties). The parishes are remnants of a bygone era, as Louisiana was Roman Catholic during both France and Spain\u2019s ruling of the state. The boundaries, or parishes, neatly coincided with the state\u2019s church parishes. This made it a lot easier to discuss regions. Officially, in 1807, the local legislature adopted the \u201cparish\u201d term, and it\u2019s stuck ever since.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stcharlesinn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/05\/iStock_000057705850_Small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-733\" src=\"http:\/\/stcharlesinn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/05\/iStock_000057705850_Small-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"iStock_000057705850_Small\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/topsuitesites3.com\/stcharlesinn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/05\/iStock_000057705850_Small-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/topsuitesites3.com\/stcharlesinn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/05\/iStock_000057705850_Small-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/topsuitesites3.com\/stcharlesinn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/05\/iStock_000057705850_Small.jpg 849w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Louisiana, like all states, has gone through a lot of changes over the years. However, one mainstay has always been the parishes. There are 64 parishes in total. Of those parishes, 41 are managed by the Police Jury council. The remaining 23 have different types of government, including the council-manager, consolidated parish, parish commission, and president-council.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Parish the Thought<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 caused the Territory of New Orleans to come into play. This was right before Louisiana became a \u201cstate\u201d as we know it, and at that time it was divided into 12 regions. However, the boundaries weren\u2019t very well defined. Still, they loosely resembled some of the parishes of today. By 1811, Louisiana was being prepared for union admission, and the term \u201cparish\u201d officially appeared on US maps in 1816.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Since then, parishes have been added and boundaries better defined. It\u2019s one of the many historic tidbits that make Louisiana so unique.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instead of counties, Louisiana has parishes\u2014it\u2019s the only state in the country with this unique feature. (Alaska, on the other hand, has boroughs instead of counties). The parishes are remnants of a bygone era, as Louisiana was Roman Catholic during both France and Spain\u2019s ruling of the state. 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