Cloutierville is 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 Natchitoches 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. It lies approximately south of the city of Natchitoches on the Cane River. The community is part of the Natchitoches Micropolitan Statistical Area, off exit 119 of Interstate 49. This is a homeland of many multiracial Louisiana Creole people. It is in the NPS

Cane River National Heritage Area The Cane River National Heritage Area is a United States National Heritage Area in the state of Louisiana. The heritage area is known for plantations featuring Creole architecture, as well as numerous other sites that preserve the multi-cultural ...

History

The town was built on the

plantation A plantation is an agricultural estate, generally centered on a plantation house, meant for farming that specializes in cash crops, usually mainly planted with a single crop, with perhaps ancillary areas for vegetables for eating and so on. Th ...

of Alexis Cloutier and incorporated in 1822. The

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was later owned by

Kate Chopin Kate Chopin (, also ; born Katherine O'Flaherty; February 8, 1850 – August 22, 1904) was an American author of short stories and novels based in Louisiana. She is considered by scholars to have been a forerunner of American 20th-century feminis ...

. Chopin's former home was open to the public as the Bayou Folk Museum, before its destruction by fire in 2008. The historic wooden St. John the Baptist Catholic Church and its cemetery are located in Cloutierville.

Education

The community is served by Natchitoches Parish School Board.

People from Cloutierville

Milton Joseph Cunningham Milton Joseph Cunningham, also known as Joe Cunningham (March 10, 1842 – October 19, 1916) was a Louisiana attorney and politician who served as Attorney General of Louisiana from 1884 to 1888, and from 1892 to 1900. As Attorney General he su ...

, who served for three nonconsecutive terms ending in 1900 as

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, taught school in Cloutierville from 1858 to 1860, when he thereafter entered the

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; member of both houses of the state legislature from 1878 to 1884 and lawyer in Natchitoches and

New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans

Leopold Caspari Leopold Caspari (July 28, 1830March 11, 1915) was a Louisiana businessman and politician who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1884 to 1892, where he advocated the establishment of Northwestern State University. Born in La ...

, a Natchitoches businessman and banker who served in both houses of the

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between 1884 and 1914, was a merchant in Cloutierville between 1849 and 1858.

Numa T. Delouche Numa T. Delouche (October 10, 1888 – July 7, 1965), was a Democrat from Cloutierville in south Natchitoches Parish, who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives for one term between 1944 and 1948, along with Sylvan Friedman of ...

, a state representative from Natchitoches Parish, serving alongside

Sylvan Friedman Sylvan Friedman (May 19, 1908 – March 18, 1979) was an American politician. He served as a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives. Foshee also served as a member of the Louisiana State Senate. Born in Natchitoches Parish ...

from 1944 to 1948, resided in Cloutierville and is interred at the St. John the Baptist Catholic Cemetery there. Former State Representative Jean Doerge of Webster Parish, a retired educator, is a graduate of Cloutierville High School.

References

Unincorporated communities in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana Cane River National Heritage Area Populated places in Ark-La-Tex Unincorporated communities in Louisiana {{Louisiana-geo-stub

History

Education

People from Cloutierville

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