Rapides Par. Boundries, Page 3; Rapides, Louisiana
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Page 3 Rapides Parish Boundaries.
147.  La. A., 1847, 2nd session of 1st Legislature, #153, p. 113.  
Approved April 24, 1847.
Changing and fixing definitely the boundary line between Rapides and 
Avoyelles.
. . . That the boundary line between the Parishes of Rapides and Avoyelles, 
on the north bank of the Red River, shall commence at the point now fixed by 
law, thence due north until it strikes the principal branch of the Horse Pen 
Creek; thence down said Creek to where it enters the Bayou Saline; thence 
along said Bayou Saline to its mouth, or entrance into the Catahoula Lake.
158.  La. A., 1850, 3 rd Legislature, #153, p. 105. Approved March 18, 1850.
Directing a census to be taken on portions of the Parishes Natchitoches, 
Catahoula and Rapides, with a view to the formation of a new parish. Whereas 
the people of the Parish of Natchitoches, residing east of the Bon Dieu, and 
those of a small part of the Parishes of Catahoula and of Rapides, are desirous 
of forming a new parish to be called Dugdemonia: And whereas there are no 
certain data by which the number of electors in said district can be ascertained 
with a view of the establishment of said parish: Therefore,
Sec. 1. . . .  That the governor be, and is hereby authorized to appoint some 
competent person residing within the undermentioned limits, whose duty it 
shall be to make a correct enumeration of all free male white citizens above 
the age of twenty-one years residing within the following described limits; 
Beginning at the foot of the Bon Dieu at the parish line of the Parish of 
Rapides, thence up the Bon Dieu to the entrance of the Saline Bayou, thence 
up said Bayou Saline to the Black Lake Bayou, thence up Black Lake and Bayou 
to the Bienville line thence due east on said line to the south east corner 
of township fourteen, north, range one, east, thence due south with the line 
dividing ranges one and two, east to the south east corner of township seven, 
north range one, east, thence due west with said line to the beginning.
163.  La. A., 1852, 4th Legislature, #85, p. 67.  Approved February 24, 1852.
To create the Parish of Winn.
Sec. 1. . . .  That, the Parishes of Natchitoches, Catahoula and Rapides shall 
be divided as follows, to wit; Beginning at the line dividing township six and 
seven where said line crosses the Rigolet Bon Dieu, thence up the Bon Dieu to 
the mouth of the Saline Bayou, thence up said Bayou to the Saline Lake, thence 
up the Saline Lake and Bayou to the Bienville line, thence due east on said line 
to the South east corner of township fourteen, North of Range one East; thence 
due South on the line dividing ranges one and Two east, to the Bayou Castor; 
thence down the said Castor to the line dividing townships nine and ten; thence 
due West on said line to the South East corner of township ten, Range three West; 
thence South on the line dividing Ranges two and threeWest to the South East 
corner of township seven Range three West; thence due West on the line dividing 
townships six and seven to the place of beginning.
Sec. 2. . . . That the territory within the limits defined in the first section 
of this act, shall be erected into a new parish to be the Parish of Winn.
164.  La. A., 1852, 4th Legislature, #106, p. 83. ApprovedMarch 4, 1852.
Attaching a portion of the Parish of Natchitoches to the Parish of Rapides.
. . . That all that portion of the Parish of Natchitoches lying on and East of 
the Rigolet du Bon Diou; and south of the line dividing Townships six and seven 
north be attached to, and be made a part of the Parish of Rapides.
165.  La. A., 1852, 4th Legislature, #112, p. 87.  Approved March 4, 1852.
To fix the boundary between the Parish of Rapides and the Parishes of St. Landry 
and Calcasieu.
Sec. 1. . . . That the boundary line between the Parish of Rapides and the 
Parishes of St. Landry and Calcasieu be fixed as follows:  beginning at the 
upper mouth of the Elm Bayou where it connects with the Bayou Cocodrie; thence 
up said Bayou Cocodrie, to the point where the old road leading from Natchitoches 
to Opelousas crosses it; thence westward to the Cherawincho crossing on the River 
Calcasiou; thence in a right line to the mouth of the Anna-Coco creek where it 
empties into the River Sabine; thence up the Sabine to the Natchitoches lines.

179.  La. A., 1861, 2nd session of 5th Legislature, #258, p. 198.  Approved 
March 21, 1861.
Requiring a census to be taken with the view of the formation of a new parish, 
to be taken from the Parish of Rapides.
Sec. 1. . . . That immediately after the passage of this act, it shall be the 
duty of the Governor of this State to appoint some suitable person residing 
within the limits of the proposed parish who acting under oath, administered 
by any qualified justice of the peace in this State, together with such 
assistant or assistants as he may employ, which assistant or assistants if 
such should be employed, shall also act under oath, administered in like 
manner, shall proceed to take a census of the total population residing within 
the limits of the proposed new parish, to-wit:  Commencing at the Sabine River 
at the point where the line dividing the Parishes of Rapides and Calcasiou 
strikes the river, thence east on said line to where said line strikes the 
Calcasiou River, thence up said river to the mouth of Bayou Cipu, thence up 
said stream to the parish line between the Parishes of Rapides and Natchitoches, 
thence on said line to the line dividing the Parishes of Rapides and Sabine, 
thence on said line to the Sabine River and thence down said river to the 
place of beginning.
184.  La. A., 1869, 2nd session of 1st Legislature, #82, p. 79.  Approved 
March 4, 1869.
Ro create the Parish of Grant, and providing for the organization thereof.
Sec. 1. . . . That from and after the passage of this act there shall be a 
new parish formed from a portion of the south part of Winn Parish and from a 
portion of the north part of Rapides Parish, to be called and known by the 
name of the Parish of Grant.
Sec. 2. . . . That the following shall be the boundaries of the Parish of 
Grant, viz:   Commencing at a point on Red River where the Daro empties 
into said river, and thence running east to the point where Little River 
empties into Catahoula Lake; thence up Little River to the junction of the 
Castor and Dugdemonia, thence west on the southern boundary of the Parish of 
Winn to the range line between range numbers two and three west, thence south 
on said range line to the township line between townships numbers eight and 
nine north, thence west on said township to where said line crosses the Rigolet 
de Bon Dieu; thence down said Rigolet de Bon Dieu to the mouth of Cane River, 
thence down Red River to the point of starting, the mouth of the Daro.