Big Bend, Louisiana

Big Bend is an unincorporated community in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States.^[1]

History

Big Bend was named from its location on a meander of the Bayou Des Glaises.^[2]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Big Bend, Louisiana
↑ Leeper, Clare D'Artois (19 October 2012). Louisiana Place Names: Popular, Unusual, and Forgotten Stories of Towns, Cities, Plantations, Bayous, and Even Some Cemeteries. LSU Press. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-8071-4740-5.

Municipalities and communities of Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States

Parish seat: Marksville

Cities	Bunkie Marksville

Towns	Cottonport Evergreen Mansura Simmesport

Villages	Hessmer Moreauville Plaucheville

CDPs	Bordelonville Center Point Fifth Ward

Other Unincorporated communities	Belle d'Eau Belleville Big Bend Bodoc Cassandra Effie Hamburg Moncla Vick

Coordinates: 31°04′26″N 91°47′31″W / 31.07389°N 91.79194°W / 31.07389; -91.79194

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