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Researching in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana
Terrebonne Parish, LA
MAP of HOUMA, LA
1885
     The Sanborn Map & Publishing Company compiled detail maps of cities and towns across the country in the late 1800s and the first half of the 1900s.  The maps were used for insurance purposes. 

     The first map done of Houma was made in June 1885.  It consisted of a single page of the main downtown area.  It lists the population of Houma as 1200. 

     Later maps consisted of more pages and covered a larger area.

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