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The name Tensas
is derived from the Taensa people.
Tensas was established by act of
the Louisiana Legislature on March
17, 1843. The seat of the parish
is St. Joseph. In 2000, the
population of the parish was
6,618. It is the least-populous
parish of Louisiana. St. Joseph is
located adjacent to the
Mississippi River levee system. In
1861, the Tensas area was
increased by the annexation of a
part of Madison Parish. In 1870,
Tensas lost a small portion of its
land through an annexation by
Franklin Parish. Today, its
boundaries are the Tensas River on
the west, the Mississippi River on
the east, Madison Parish on the
north and Concordia on the south. There are three communities in the parish: Newellton, St. Joseph, and Waterproof. Newellton was founded by the planter and attorney John David Stokes Newell, Sr., who named it for his father Edward D. Newell, a North Carolina native. All three communities are linked by Highway 65, which passes just to the west of each town. The developed Lake Bruin State Park lies near St. Joseph. Lake Bruin is an oxbow lake created by the meandering of the Mississippi River.
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