COSSINADE : Vermilion Parish Towns & Cities, Louisiana
Submitted by Kathy LaCombe-Tell
Source: Jim Bradshaw; Lafayette (LA) Daily Advertiser, 6/24/1997
Submitted August 2004

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COSSINADE 

At the turn of the century at Cossinade, on Hwy. 13 north and west of 
Kaplan, there was a cotton gin, blacksmith shop, and a large warehouse 
there. A Catholic Church had been built in 1896, but was moved Kaplan 
when the railroad bypassed Cossinade. 

Later, Meaux Brothers would operate a general store in Cossinade, as 
well as the post office, and a dealership in buggies and wagons. 
Alphonse Girouard had a saloon there. 

The Cossinade School held first public school classes in the fall of 
1912, though children had been schooled in private schools in the 
community before that. Tho public school closed in the late 1930s and 
children were bused to Kaplan.