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Lafayette Parish, Louisiana

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
44historic places
—earliest paper
1823formed
241,753pop. 2020
15cemeteries
1CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 44 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1975. Most listings are in or near Lafayette, Broussard, Scott.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Louisiana is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Lafayette titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

32 of 44 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

44 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
AlesiaBroussardBuilding1983
Arceneaux, Louis J. and Marie Amelia, HouseLafayetteBuilding2022
Bank of ScottScottBuilding2016
Billeaud HouseBroussardBuilding1983
Billeaud, Martial, Jr., HouseBroussardBuilding1983
Brandt HouseLafayetteBuilding2002
Broussard, Valsin, HouseBroussardBuilding1983
Camp Claiborne Regimental ChapelLafayetteBuilding2023
Comeaux HouseBroussardBuilding1983
Daigle HouseLafayetteBuilding1984
Downtown Lafayette Civic CenterLafayetteDistrict2019
Ducrest BuildingBroussardBuilding1983
Dupleix HouseYoungsvilleBuilding1984
ElroseLafayetteBuilding1984
Evangeline HotelLafayetteBuilding1994
First United Methodist ChurchLafayetteBuilding1984
Freetown-Port Rico Historic DistrictLafayetteDistrict2016
Gordon HotelLafayetteBuilding1982
Holy Rosary InstituteLafayetteBuilding1980
Hope Lodge #145LafayetteBuilding1983
Janin StoreBroussardBuilding1983
Lafayette Central Business DistrictLafayetteDistrict2020
Lafayette Coca-Cola Bottling PlantLafayetteBuilding2018
Lafayette Elementary SchoolLafayetteBuilding1984
Lafayette Hardware StoreLafayetteBuilding1984
Latiolais, Alexandre, HouseLafayetteBuilding1985
Main Street Historic DistrictBroussardDistrict1983
Martin, Sidney, HouseLafayetteBuilding1984
Mills, Kennedy, and Hopkins AdditionsLafayetteDistrict2025
Mouton, Alexandre, HouseLafayetteBuilding1975
Mouton, Charles H., HouseLafayetteBuilding1980
Oil Center Historic DistrictLafayetteDistrict2020
Old Guaranty Bank BuildingLafayetteBuilding1984
Old Lafayette City HallLafayetteBuilding1975
Our Lady of the Assumption SchoolCarencroBuilding2001
Roy, J. Arthur, HouseLafayetteBuilding1984
Roy-LeBlanc HouseBroussardBuilding1983
St. Cecilia SchoolBroussardBuilding1983
St. John's Cathedral (Additional Documentation)LafayetteBuilding1979
St. John's Cathedral (Boundary Increase)LafayetteBuilding2024
St. Julien HouseBroussardBuilding1983
Sterling Grove Historic DistrictLafayetteDistrict1984
Trappey’s CanneryLafayetteBuilding2022
Vermilion InnLafayetteBuilding1983

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Lafayette was formed in 1823 (1823-01-17) from St.

LAFAYETTE created from ST. MARTIN.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Lafayette Parish population from 1830 to 2020 (Census historical series).

242k124k5,65318301840188019201930196020002020
183018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
5,6537,8419,00313,23522,82530,84143,94157,74384,656150,017190,503241,753

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

15 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 15 of 15 listed
NameLatLon
Anderson Cemetery30.23381-92.14978
Bethel Cemetery30.19582-92.17641
Bodoin Cemetery30.08215-92.04101
Broussard Cemetery30.1314-92.05096
Broussard Cemetery30.13501-92.04227
Green Lawn Memorial Park30.26515-92.04235
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery30.25029-92.02678
Jewish Cemetery30.2186-92.02013
Lafayette Memorial Park Cemetery30.18742-92.01011
Picard Cemetery30.08397-92.07198
Saint John - Fatima Cemetery30.20298-92.04478
Saint John Cemetery30.22242-92.02462
Simon Cemetery30.12949-92.0833
Strauss Cemetery30.34094-91.97658
Whitington Cemetery30.16772-92.05633
Historical populated places — 2 of 2
NameLatLon
Guilbeaux30.3577-92.05401
Landry30.18631-91.99179

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

BattlefieldStudy acresDist.Site ID
Vermillion Bayou8485.1 kmLA008

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

HMdb link

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