Tag: Youngsville
Youngsville is a city in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 8,105 as of the 2010 Census Bureau estimates. It is part of the Lafayette Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Youngsville was the birthplace of the colorful Louisiana businessman and politician Dudley J. LeBlanc, the entrepreneur of the Hadacol fortune of the 1950s.
Youngsville is located at 30°6′2″N 91°59′27″W / 30.10056°N 91.99083°W / 30.10056; -91.99083 (30.100595, -91.990707).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.7 square miles (17.3 km²), all of it land.
Youngsville today still reflects its history in its people, culture, traditions, and architecture. It was settled in the early 19th century by French Acadian farmers. Prior to 1839, George Roy and his son, Desire, laid out the area and named the community “Royville.” The settlement had grown by 1859 large enough to establish one of the oldest Catholic Churches in Lafayette Parish; St. Anne Catholic Church,…
