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1880 United States Federal Census

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Please choose a county in Louisiana:

Ascension Jackson Saint James
Assumption Jefferson Saint John The Baptist
Avoyelles Lafayette Saint Landry
Bienville Lafourche Saint Martin
Bossier Lincoln Saint Mary
Caddo Livingston Saint Tammany
Calcasieu Madison Tangipahoa
Caldwell Morehouse Tensas
Cameron Natchitoches Terrebonne
Catahoula Orleans Union
Claiborne Ouachita Vermillion
Concordia Plaquemines Vernon
De Soto Pointe Coupee Washington
East Baton Rouge Rapides Webster
East Carroll Red River West Baton Rouge
East Feliciana Richland West Carroll
Franklin Sabine West Feliciana
Grant Saint Bernard Winn
Iberia Saint Charles
Iberville Saint Helena

Census Records - Counties

After separating the census records into groups by state, the federal government subdivided these records into county groups. Searching for an ancestor on the county level provides a smaller region for research if you remain uncertain about the specific township where your ancestor resided. Researchers should also be aware of boundary line or jurisdictional changes through time. These changes may affect where an ancestor was enumerated on the census, so it remains important to search the counties surrounding the area where your ancestor lived.