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Vermilion
Parish
{Paroisse de Vermilion}
Vermilion Parish was created out of
Lafayette's territory,
by Act No.81 of the Legislature of Louisiana on March 25, 1844. The
original parish seat was Perry Louisiana, and for a while it traded back
and forth with the town of Abbeville until the people of the parish were
finally tired the it being moved around so much. It was finally decided by
a session of the legislature for the parish seat to remain in
Abbeville on March 3, 1854. The name comes from the Vermilion River
and Vermilion Bay, both named because the bluff along the lands of the
course of the river is reddish, or vermilion, in color.
Incorporated Cities and
towns
Abbeville
Delcambre
Erath
Gueydan
Kaplan
Maurice
Unincorporated areas
Perry
Adjacent parishes
Acadia
Parish (north)
Lafayette
Parish (northeast)
Iberia Parish
(east)
Gulf of Mexico (south)
Cameron Parish
(west)
Jefferson
Davis Parish (northwest)
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