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Census Maps of Louisiana

Louisiana: Persons per square mile, 2000 Louisiana: White persons, percent, 2000 Louisiana: Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 Louisiana: American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent…

Louisiana Area Codes

Area codes Selected cities225Baton Rouge318Shreveport337Lafayette, Lake Charles504New Orleans, Metairie985Houma, SlidellSource: North American Numbering Plan Administration. Web: www.nanpa.com . To…

Malone, Karl Anthony

(Encyclopedia) Malone, Karl Anthony, 1963–, American basketball player, b. Summerfield, La. He played basketball at Louisiana Tech Univ. and joined the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball…

De Mézières y Clugny, Athanase

(Encyclopedia) De Mézières y Clugny, AthanaseDe Mézières y Clugny, Athanaseätänäzˈ də māzyĕrˈ ē klünēˈ [key], c.1715–1779, explorer and Indian agent in Spanish Louisiana, b. Paris. He went to…

Gallatin, Albert

(Encyclopedia) Gallatin, AlbertGallatin, Albertgălˈətĭn [key], 1761–1849, American financier and public official, b. Geneva, Switzerland. Left an orphan at nine, Gallatin was reared by his patrician…

Long, Earl Kemp

(Encyclopedia) Long, Earl Kemp, 1895–1960, American political figure, b. Winnfield, La.; brother of Huey Long. A lawyer, he was given a state office when his brother became governor. He ran for…

Apalachee

(Encyclopedia) ApalacheeApalacheeăpˌəlăchˈē [key], tribe of Native North Americans once centered about Apalachee Bay, NW Florida, belonging to the Muskogean branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic…

Barbé-Marbois, François, marquis de

(Encyclopedia) Barbé-Marbois, François, marquis deBarbé-Marbois, François, marquis defräNswäˈ märkēˈ də bärbāˈ-märbwäˈ [key], 1745–1837, French statesman. He held diplomatic posts in Europe and,…

Saban, Nick

(Encyclopedia) Saban, Nick (Nicholas Lou Saban, Jr.)Saban, Nicksāˈbən [key], 1951–, American football coach, b. Fairmont, W.Va., grad. Kent State Univ., 1973. After playing defensive back in football…