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Lafayette (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 30 13 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 30.2167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 092 01 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -92.0167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on Vermilion River in S central Louisiana; exiled Acadians from Nova Scotia were early settlers; economy based on sugar cane, cotton and corn until WW II, when it became a production center for petrochemicals; seat of Roman Catholic diocese. |
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| Lafayette (preferred,C,V)
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| Little Manchac (H,V)
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| Pinhool (H,V)
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| Vermilion (H,V)
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| Vermilionville (H,V)
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| Vermillionville (H,V)
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| Vermillion Bridge (H,V)
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| Village of Saint Jean Au Vermilion (H,V)
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Lafayette (parish (political)) (P) |
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Lafayette (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled by Acadians in late 18th cen. |
| city (C) |
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| county seat (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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for oil & gas; site of headquarters of Heymann Oil Center |
| agricultural center (C) |
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| mill center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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site of University of Southwestern Louisiana |
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