The LeBleu Settlement includes areas extending over both
Calcasieu and
Jefferson Davis
Jefferson F. Davis (June 3, 1808December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as the president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. He represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives as a ...
Parishes.
It is named after the first residents of present-day
Lake Charles, Martin and Dela Lebleu; in 1781 the LeBleus first arrived in
Lake Charles and settled six miles east of the city.
References
Acadiana
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