The name Church Point was derived from the original name of the settlement, Plaquemine Brulee and the location of the first chapel. Jesuit missionaries serving the chapel referred to the site as “La Chapelle de La Pointe de Plaquemine Brulee,” or Church at the Point. The name was eventually anglicized to Church Point.  Many old...

Crowley is a great example of the wonderful Life southwest Louisiana has to offer. Lined with beautiful crepe myrtle trails and oak-lined streets, Crowley has an extraordinary historic district that includes over two hundred structures featuring turn of the century Victorian homes and commercial district that includes the newly completed Rice Interpretative Center and Museum. ...

Like other towns created by the coming of the train, Estherwood was named by, and probably for a railroad official or member of his family. One opinion of how Estherwood’s name came about is a combination of two names, the result of a compromise made to end a controversy over whether to name the place...

The mural of Tee-Mamou Mardi Gras (located on old Bourgeois General Store, built in 1914), allows you to experience the “Tee Mamou-Iota Mardi Gras Folklife Festival.” Mineral springs made Iota the home of Pointe-aux-Loups, an early health spa. “Pointe aux-Loups,” translated to English is “Wolf Point,” one of the oldest places named in the Acadia...