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Ville Platte was first settled in the late eighteenth century and was located on the Spanish Royal Road. Marcellin Garand, a former adjutant major in the French army, is regarded as its founder. It was incorporated in 1858 and became the parish seat of Evangeline Parish.
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Ville Platte, Louisiana · United States
