Do you know of Tortue ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Tortue. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Tortue.<1> Our sources for Tortue (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Tortue other than they indicate that Tortue would be found somewhere in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1890 and closed in 1891. Communities Also Named Tortue ...We found one communities that share the name Tortue. There is one other community in Louisiana which is also named Tortue. Beyond Louisiana.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Tortue ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Tortue: Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2> Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Tortue - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned More Orphans in Vermilion Parish ...Can you help? As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Vermilion Parish.
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