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Nearby Communities in the 1890s
We largely built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. Over time, we will continue to add communities that we find during our research.
If it applies, we indicate whether a community no longer exists and is now historic.<1>
While we didn't find Prairie Laurent in the Atlas, the following communities of the 1890's would have been found near the current location of Prairie Laurent. The following communities are listed based on their distance, with the one closest to Prairie Laurent listed first.
- Leonville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Grand Coteau
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Opelousas
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Shuteston
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Shuteston is also located in Saint Landry Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shuteston
- Sunset
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Sunset is also located in Saint Landry Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,962 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sunset <2>
- Frozard
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Frozard is also located in Saint Landry Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frozard
- Port Barre
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Arnaudville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Washington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Plaisance
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Plaisance is also located in Saint Landry Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plaisance
- Church Point
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Carencro
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Beggs
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Beggs is also located in Saint Landry Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beggs
- Breaux Bridge
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Garland
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Garland is also located in Saint Landry Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
- Prudhomme
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Prudhomme is located in Acadia Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prudhomme
- Scott
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Palmetto
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Boretta
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Boretta is also located in Saint Landry Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boretta
- Lafayette
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Rosa
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Rosa is also located in Saint Landry Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosa
- Duson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Dubuisson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Dubuisson is also located in Saint Landry Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dubuisson
- Rayne
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Whiteville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Whiteville is also located in Saint Landry Parish
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whiteville
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Prairie Laurent, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
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