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City of Thibodaux

CITY OF THIBODAUX Incorporated as a town on March 10, 1838. Early records show settlement existed in late 1790's as an important trading post for the Lafourche country. Named for Henri Schuyler...


CITY OF THIBODAUX
Incorporated as a town on March 10,
1838. Early records show settlement
existed in late 1790's as an
important trading post for the
Lafourche country. Named for
Henri Schuyler Thibodaux (1769-1827),
who gave the first land for
the early village.
ERECTED BY THE LOUISTANA TOURIST COMMISSION,
1971

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