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Bayou Chicot, Louisiana
Unincorporated community in Louisiana, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bayou Chicot is an unincorporated community in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is located due north of Ville Platte.
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About
Bayou Chicot is home to Chicot State Park, which features the largest man-made lake in the state. Also in the community is Mountain Bayou Lake Boy Scout Camp, which was established in 1980.[citation needed]
History
This location was the site of the first Baptist church in the state which was organized west of the Mississippi River.[2] On November 13, 1812, Calvary Baptist church named Joseph Willis as pastor. Joseph Willis was the son of North Carolina plantation owner Agerton Willis and his slave, a Cherokee woman. [3] He had been a preacher to the Opelousa Indians and other ethnic groups of the district.
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Government
Bayou Chicot also has a volunteer fire department controlled by the Ward Five Fire District.
Education
Public schools in Evangeline Parish are operated by the Evangeline Parish School Board. Bayou Chicot Elementary School is located in the community of Bayou Chicot and serves students in grades pre-kindergarten through eighth. Area high school students attend Pine Prairie High School in Pine Prairie.
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