Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties.
In the Catholic Church, a diocese is divided into parishes, which altogether cover the entire of America. In Louisiana, the state is divided into parishes instead of counties.
No other states in the US has parishes instead of counties.
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Counties in Louisiana are called parishes and it is the only state with parishes.
In Louisiana, counties are actually called parishes. There are 64 in the state.
There are 105 counties in Kansas. Louisiana does not have counties. Louisiana has Parishes. Louisiana is divided into 64 parishes.
Louisiana has zero countries. Louisiana is a State in the United States of America. Founded by the French originally, Louisiana is one State that uses parishes(French: paroisses) instead of counties to divide the state for political purposes. There are 64 parishes in Louisiana.
There are two: Louisiana and Alaska. Louisiana is divided into parishes and Alaska into boroughs. Parishes and boroughs are called "county-equivalents" by the U.S. federal government.
Louisiana uses parishes instead of counties.
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The only state that is not is Louisiana. They are divided into Parishes instead of counties.
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Counties in Louisiana are called parishes and it is the only state with parishes.
Louisiana has no counties. Louisiana calls them parishes.
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Initially the state of Louisiana was divided into counties, but these were poorly organized and it was found the parishes that had been established by the France and Spain, both Catholic countries worked better as a means of division. Louisiana's parishes are based on a method of ecclesiastical division.
States in the US have geographical boundaries around the state. Inside the State, the State is divided into Counties--but some southern States use Parishes instead of Counties. Both Counties and Parishes have boundary lines. We then have Townships within Counties. Further, States have political districts that divide the state.
In Louisiana, counties are actually called parishes. There are 64 in the state.