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Louisiana Cameron Parish
| Cameron Parish, Louisiana | |||||||||
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 Location in the state of Louisiana | |||||||||
 Location of Louisiana in the U.S. | |||||||||
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| Founded | March 15, 1870 | ||||||||
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| County Seat | Cameron | ||||||||
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| Address | PO Box 1280 Cameron, LA 70631 Cameron Parish Clerk of Court Website | ||||||||
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Parish Courthouse
Cameron Parish Courthouse
119 Smith Road
Cameron, LA 70631-0549
Phone: 337.775.5316
Parish Clerk has marriage, probate, divorce, court and
land records from 1870 and military discharge records
from 1918 [1]
LSU Special Collection: "The Courthouse still Stands after Hurricane Audrey"
History
- Named for Simon Cameron, first Secretary of War under Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States
Parent Parish
- 1870--Cameron Parish was created 15 March 1870 from Calcasieu and Vermilion Parishes.
Parish seat: Cameron [2]
Boundary Changes
- Northeast portion set off to create Jefferson Davis Parish 12 June 1912.
- See an interactive map of Cameron Parish boundary changes. (map also shows parish boundaries for census years)
Record Loss
Places / Localities
Populated Places
Communities: Big Lake | Cameron | Constance Beach | Creole | Gibbstown | Grand Chenier | Grand Lake | Hackberry | Hacketts Corner | Holly Beach | Illinois Plant | Johnson Bayou | Johnson Bayou Landing | Lone Pine | Lowry | North Island | Oak Grove | Peveto Beach | Sweet Lake
Neighboring Parishes or Counties
Resources
African American
Census
| Census | Pop. | %± | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 3,952 | ||
| 1910 | 4,288 | 8.5% | |
| 1920 | 3,952 | −7.8% | |
| 1930 | 6,054 | 53.2% | |
| 1940 | 7,203 | 19.0% | |
| 1950 | 6,244 | −13.3% | |
| 1960 | 6,909 | 10.7% | |
| 1970 | 8,194 | 18.6% | |
| 1980 | 9,336 | 13.9% | |
| 1990 | 9,260 | −0.8% | |
| 2000 | 9,991 | 7.9% | |
| 2010 | 6,839 | −31.5% | |
| Cameron Parish Census Data[3] | |||
Cemeteries (in rural areas)
Cemeteries at Cameron Par. - LAGenWeb
- The USGenWeb Archives Project:
Cemetery Resources and Information
Census
- Federal: 1870 . 1880 . 1890 . 1900 . 1910 . 1930
- 1920:
- Grand Chenier
- Creole
- Cameron
- Grand Lake
- Johnson Bayou
- Hackberry
- Czechs and Sloavks
Church
- Baptist
- Methodist
- Roman Catholic
Court
Gazetteers of Places/Localities
- United States Geographic Survey Place Names - GNIS for Cameron Parish (over 525 entries)
(may not always be present in alphabetic order on first try.)
Land
Local Histories
Maps
Military
Cameron Parish, La. - LAGenWeb
World War II Missing and Dead (Army and Army Air Force)
Newspapers
LSU Special Collection
- Hurricane Audrey (June 27, 1957)
- Hurricane Rita (Saturday, September 24, 2005)
Probate
Taxation
Vital Records
Societies and Libraries
Family History Centers
Websites
- FamilySearch.org Family History Library Catalog for Cameron Parish.
- The Cameron Parish LAGenWeb Project, an member of The LAGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
- The USGenWeb Archives Project for Cameron Parish.
- Cameron Parish, Louisiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
Thanks to the Cameron Parish Wiki Contributors
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References
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists : United States of America, 10th ed., (Draper, UT: Everton Publishers, 2002)Aurora County, Louisiana, p.289
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
- ↑ United States Census Bureau. "Louisiana Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". http://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/la190090.txt. Retrieved 2008-02-02.
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