Roderick Creek, Livingston Parish, Louisiana
File prepared by D.N. Pardue



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From the book entitled "The Free State - A History and Place-Names Study
of Livingston Parish" by the members of the Livingston Parish American
Revolution Bicentennial Committee in cooperation with the Livingston 
Parish Police Jury and the Louisiana American Revolution Bicentennial
Commission, 1976.  Reprinted by permission.  Dedicated to the memory of
Reuben Cooper and Raymond Riggs.

RODERICK CREEK  According to Nehemiah Palmer of Palmer Road, who became

eighty-seven years old on the seventh day of April 1974, this creek was

named for an early settler who lived nearby, Roderick Annison.  Roderick

Creek begins inSection 7, T8S-R4E, and winds its way through Sections 13,

14 and 11, where it joins with Dotes Creek to flow into Camp Creek. (1)

----- Lucille Cooper


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(1) Interview with Mr. Nehemiah Palmer by Mrs. R.S. Cooper, Dec. 14, 1974.

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