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Bayou Barbary, Louisiana

Unincorporated community in Louisiana

Unincorporated community in Louisiana, United States

30°20′28″N 90°40′25″W / 30.34111°N 90.67361°W / 30.34111; -90.67361CountryUnited StatesStateLouisianaParishLivingstonElevation

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10 ft (3 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP code

70462

Area code225GNIS feature ID551981 ^[2]FIPS code22-05140

Bayou Barbary is an unincorporated community in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community is located on Louisiana Highway 444 5 mi (8.0 km) west of Killian, 3.5 mi (5.6 km) east of Verdun and 1 mi (1.6 km) north of the Amite River.^[3]^[4]

Early settlers

The earliest documented settlers in Bayou Barbary were Joseph Thomas and three brothers from the Denham family.^[5] The area of Bayou Barbary was excluded from the Louisiana Purchase and left these early settlers behind as subjects of West Florida and the Spanish Empire. A local man named Philemon Thomas organized the revolt and Joseph Thomas led the militia to assist with the capture of Fort San Carlos which was under Spanish control. Early in the morning on September 23, 1810, the rebels stormed the fort killing several Spanish soldiers. It was a quick battle but the rebels succeeded and for a period of 74 days established the Republic of West Florida.^[6]

United States annexation

Notable people

Laine Hardy, American Idol contestant 2018; American Idol winner 2019 ^[7]^[8]^[9]

References

^ Chambers, Henry E. (May 1898). West Florida and its relation to the historical cartography of the United States. Baltimore, Maryland: The Johns Hopkins Press.
^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bayou Barbary, Louisiana
^ Springfield, LA, 15 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1934 (1943 rev.)
^ Whitehall, LA, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1963 (1989 rev.)
^ D.N. Pardue. "Bayou Barbary, Livingston Parish with connections to Orleans and East Baton Rouge Parishes, Louisiana". usgwarchives.net. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
^ Elaine Coleman (July 21, 2005). Louisiana Haunted Forts. Taylor Trade Publishing. p. 117. ISBN 978-1-4617-0909-1.
^ "Bayou Barbary: Welcome to the hometown of Laine Hardy". WBRZ. July 23, 2021. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
^ "Municipalities of Livingston Parish". Livingston Parish Louisiana. September 11, 2017. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
^ Grueskin, Caroline (May 18, 2019). "Becoming Laine Hardy: Inside Livingston teen's transformation from shy singer to American Idol". The Advocate. Retrieved July 23, 2021.