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    Opelousas (French: Les Opélousas; Spanish: Los Opeluzás) is a small city and the parish seat of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States. Interstate...
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    colony and defined the land occupied by the Opelousa as the Opelousas Territory. The area south of the Opelousas Territory between the Atchafalaya River,...
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    The Opelousa (also Appalousa) were an Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands in Louisiana. They lived near present-day Opelousas, Louisiana,...
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  • The Opelousas massacre, which began on September 28, 1868, was one of the bloodiest massacres of the Reconstruction era in the United States. In the aftermath...
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  • Opelousas Senior High School is a public secondary school located in Opelousas, Louisiana. The school serves 840 students in grades 9 to 12 in the St....
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  • Opelousas Catholic School is a private, Catholic school in Opelousas, Louisiana. Located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette, the school offers...
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    "Opelousas, Saturday, September 24, 1864". The Opelousas Courier. September 24, 1864. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-07-27. "Succession Sale". The Opelousas Courier...
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  • League. The team played the season in Opelousas, Louisiana, Dequincy, Louisiana and Port Arthur, Texas. "Opelousas, Louisiana Teams History". baseball-reference...
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  • Opelousas Colored School (1919–1953) was a public segregated school for African American students in Opelousas, Louisiana, United States. It was the first...
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  • Carola Lillie (February 22, 2020). "Parlons Opelousas: History of African American education in Opelousas". Daily World. Retrieved 2024-02-19. Dormon...
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    The Lafayette–New Iberia–Opelousas combined statistical area is made up of six parishes in the Acadiana region of southern Louisiana. The statistical...
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    Keon Coleman (category People from Opelousas, Louisiana)
    Spartans and Florida State Seminoles. Coleman attended Opelousas Catholic School in Opelousas, Louisiana. He played both football and basketball in high...
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    The Opelousas Historic District, in the city of Opelousas in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana is a historic district which was listed on the National Register...
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  • The Opelousas Indians was the primary name of the minor league baseball teams based in Opelousas, Louisiana. Between 1907 and 1941, Opelousas teams played...
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    readmitted to Union Louisiana readmitted to Union Alabama readmitted to Union Opelousas massacre Fourth Reconstruction Act Georgia v. Stanton 1868 elections 1868...
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    as the New Orleans, Opelousas and Great Western Railroad company to run 172 miles (277 km) from Algiers to Washington and Opelousas. The start date was...
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    Carola Lillie (February 22, 2020). "Parlons Opelousas: History of African American education in Opelousas". Daily World. Retrieved February 19, 2024....
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    Orleans-Metairie, LA Metropolitan Statistical Area St. Landry Parish 82,540 939 Opelousas, LA Micropolitan Statistical Area St. Martin Parish 51,767 817 Lafayette...
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    States. The population was 1,084 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Opelousas–Eunice Micropolitan Statistical Area. Leonville is located at 30°28′12″N...
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    2010 census. Grand Coteau is on Interstate 49 south of Opelousas and is part of the Opelousas–Eunice Micropolitan Statistical Area. The town is a center...
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  • 1997 4 5 Sentenced to life imprisonment Raped and strangled women around Opelousas, Louisiana Malvo, Lee Boyd 2002 7 17 Life imprisonment without parole...
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    proper's population was 121,374 in 2020. Part of the larger Lafayette-Opelousas-Morgan City combined statistical area, it borders the Lake Charles metropolitan...
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  • NC CSA Lafayette, LA MSA 414,288 408,455 +1.43% Lafayette–New Iberia–Opelousas, LA CSA Mobile, AL MSA 411,640 414,809 −0.76% Mobile–Daphne–Fairhope,...
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    Pulaski, TN, riot (1868) Samuel Bierfield and Lawrence Bowman (1868) Opelousas, LA, massacre (1868) Bear River City riot (1868) Chinese massacre of 1871...
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    readmitted to Union Louisiana readmitted to Union Alabama readmitted to Union Opelousas massacre Fourth Reconstruction Act Georgia v. Stanton 1868 elections 1868...
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    named her among the 100 most influential people in the world. Born in Opelousas, Louisiana, Babineaux-Fontenot attended the University of Southwestern...
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    School Opelousas Jr. High School Sunset Middle School Beau Chene High School Eunice High School North Central High School Northwest High School Opelousas Senior...
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  • Andre Deshotels, deceased, regarding emancipation of his former slaves. (Opelousas Patriot, St. Landry Parish, November 3, 1855, via Chronicling America...
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    1920 Duluth James Harvey and Joe Jordan Joe Pullen Massacres and riots Opelousas massacre Rock Springs massacre Thibodaux massacre Spring Valley Race Riot...
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    New Orleans in 1862, the Confederate seat of government relocated to Opelousas in 1862 and then to Shreveport in 1863.) Donaldsonville 1830 New Orleans...
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