Bonfouca (also Bonfonca, Boucffouca, Bouefuka, Boukfouca) is an unincorporated community in
St. Tammany Parish
St. Tammany Parish (french: Paroisse de Saint-Tammany) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana named after Tamanend, the legendary Lenape Chief of Chiefs and the "Patron Saint of America." At the 2020 census, the population was 2 ...
,
Louisiana, United States.
It is on
Louisiana Highway 433
Louisiana Highway 433 (LA 433) is a state highway in Louisiana that serves St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, St. Tammany Parish. It spans in a west to east direction. It is known at various points as Thompson Road, Bayou Liberty Road, Pontchartrai ...
adjacent to
Liberty Bayou two miles west of
Slidell.
[''Slidell, LA,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1971 (1994 rev.)]
Etymology
It is speculated that the name derives from the
Choctaw
The Choctaw (in the Choctaw language, Chahta) are a Native American people originally based in the Southeastern Woodlands, in what is now Alabama and Mississippi. Their Choctaw language is a Western Muskogean language. Today, Choctaw people are ...
words ''bok'' meaning river and ''fuka'' meaning home or residence in the
Choctaw language. The name ''Bokfuka'' was given to a Choctaw chief that attacked the
German Coast of
Louisiana in the year 1747.
Then in the year 1802
Louis-Narcisse Baudry Des Lozieres Louis-Narcisse Baudry Des Lozières (1761-1841) was a French refugee from Saint-Domingue that explored the French colonial empire
The French colonial empire () comprised the overseas colonies, protectorates and mandate territories that came unde ...
documents the name of the tribe and used the
French
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
transliteration of ''Bonifoucas''.
Notes
Unincorporated communities in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana
Unincorporated communities in Louisiana
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