was named by French colonists after the Attakapa village along the Bayou Nezpiqué. Later William Wikoff bought property here, some 2,733 acres (11 km2)...

Plaquemine, as in Bayou Plaquemine Brûlée and Plaquemines Parish, is derived from the Atakapa word pikamin, meaning "persimmon". Bayou Nezpiqué was named for...

distributary Bayou Lafourche (Boeuf River tributary) Bayou Long Bayou Macon Bayou Mallet Bayou Manchac Bayou Nezpique Bayou Pierre Bayou Pierre Bayou Plaquemine...

1803, seven Opelousas Acadian families moved to Bayou Mallet, Bayou Jonas, Bayou Nezpique and Bayou des Cannes. During the 1930s, the Point-Aux-Loups...

Bayou Plaquemine Brulé (/ˈplækɪmɪn ˈbruːli/; historically spelled Plakemine; translated to "burnt persimmon bayou") is a waterway in the Mermentau River...

1699. They referred to the territory between the Atchafalaya River and Bayou Nezpique, where the Eastern Atakapa lived, as the Attakapas Territory, adopting...

Bayou Queue de Tortue (pronounced "KYOOD tor-TYOO", in Cajun French [t͡ʃœd.tɔɾ.t͡ʃy], translated to "turtle-tail bayou") is a waterway in the Mermentau...

Jennings, LA 97 travels through a sparsely populated area as it parallels Bayou Nezpique at a distance of roughly two miles (3.2 km). This portion of the route...

Idaho Bayou des Arc - Arkansas Bayou des Cannes - Louisiana Bayou Macon - Arkansas, Louisiana Bayou Manchac - Louisiana Bayou Nezpique - Louisiana Bayou Plaquemine...

Opelousas Territory between the Atchafalaya River, the Gulf of Mexico and Bayou Nezpique, occupied by the Atakapas Indians (Eastern Atakapa), was named Atakapas...

the Sabine River and enters the western portion of Louisiana in swampy bayou terrain three miles (4.8 km) west of Merryville, Louisiana. Merryville is...