Headnote
RAPIDES PARISH, situated toward the west part of Louisiana, and traversed by Red river. Area, 600 square miles. Face of the country, in the north and south, hilly, subsiding into an alluvial plain which skirts Red river. Seat of justice, Alexandria. Pop. in 1810, 2,200; in 1820, 6,065; in 1830, 7,559; in 1840, 14,132; in 1850, 16,561. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Louisiana

Rapides Parish, Louisiana (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
RAPIDES PARISH, situated toward the west part of Louisiana, and traversed by Red river. Area, 600 square miles. Face of the country, in the north and south, hilly, subsiding into an alluvial plain which skirts Red river. Seat of justice, Alexandria. Pop. in 1810, 2,200; in 1820, 6,065; in 1830, 7,559; in 1840, 14,132; in 1850, 16,561.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 305.
Burial Place of
Name Type
Alexandria, LA City or Town
Cheneyville, LA City or Town
Pineville, LA City or Town
Date Title
William Elisha Stoker to Elizabeth E. Stoker, August 26, 1863
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