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Drawing its name from a set of rapids on the Red River, Rapides Parish may have known its first European settlers as early as the 1720s.  However, a French settlement was definitely present by 1764.


1860 Census - Rapides Parish, LA

(from Louisiana Genealogical Register, Sep 1983 issue, p. 259)

#340 COMBS, Charles W. 50 Ken
Caroline 35 Tenn
James 19 Miss
George 9 Ark
William 7 Ark
Elizabeth 5 Ark
Pauline 3 Ark


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