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St.
Martin
Parish
(French:
Paroisse de Saint-Martin)
St. Martin
parish was organized by the second
session of the first legislature
of the Territory of Orleans in
1807, five years before the state
entered the union in 1812. In
1811, St. Mary Parish was taken
from the area which had composed
St. Martin Parish, and in 1821,
the land which became Lafayette
and Vermilion Parishes was
separated. In 1868, Iberia Parish
was formed from parts of St.
Martin and St. Mary Parishes. As a
result of this separation,
compounded by a surveyor's error,
St. Martin Parish has two
non-contiguous parts. The parish
seat is St. Martinville
Cities and
towns
Breaux Bridge
Cecilia
Henderson
Parks
St. Martinville
Adjacent
parishes
St.
Landry Parish (north)
Pointe
Coupee Parish (northeast)
Iberville
Parish (east)
Assumption
Parish (southeast)
St.
Mary Parish (southwest)
Lafayette
Parish (west)
Iberia
Parish (South of Upper St.
Martin/North of Lower St. Martin)
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