Fred was an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
in
East Baton Rouge Parish,
Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is bord ...
, United States. The community is now part of
Zachary.
History
The community was founded on December 7, 1894 by Eunice Rodriguez Wicker, and is named after a man named Fred Weiss who was the first postmaster. The post office was also the local
general store. Much of the land within the village of Fred was used for the production of cotton. There were two
cotton gin
A cotton gin—meaning "cotton engine"—is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, enabling much greater productivity than manual cotton separation.. Reprinted by McGraw-Hill, New York and London, 1926 (); a ...
on the SE side of Plank Road, which were steam operated. The nearby community of
Weiss, Louisiana was also named after Fred Weiss.
References
Unincorporated communities in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Unincorporated communities in Louisiana
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