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Place Name
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Calcasieu
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Pronunciation
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KAL-kuh-shoo
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Place Status (Type)
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parish
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Capital is
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Lake Charles
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Population
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168,134 (1990)
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Location
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Louisiana, United States, North America
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Latitude
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30°13'N
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Longitude
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unknown
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Calcasieu
(KAL-kuh-shoo), parish (
1,104 sq mi/2,859 sq km; 1990
pop. 168,134), extreme SW La.; 30°13'N, 93°12'W;  Lake
Charles. Bounded W by Sabine R., here forming Texas state line, bounded
in far E by Bayou Lacassine. Lake Charles city is deepwater port on
Calcasieu R. Agr. (rice, sorghum, home gardens, soybeans, honey;
cattle, horses, sheep, hogs); crawfish, shrimp, crabs; sulphur mines;
oil and natural gas wells; coal; logging. Diversified mfg. and
processing of farm, lumber, and petroleum prods. Has small lakes
(resorts; fishing). Intracoastal Waterway crosses parish in SW, just N
of parish boundary. Sam Houston Jones State Park in N center, Nibletts
Bluff Park in W, Sabine Isl. State Wildlife Area on Sabine R.
in W, Nature's Nest Swamp and L. Bienvenu in SW. Formed 1840.
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