Chataignier, Louisiana

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• Drunk Driver Kills Elderly Woman
  

  One woman is dead and a man is in jail after a bizarre car accident in Evangeline Parish.

• Board OKs hiring, gets bond issue brochure
  

  There was discussion and disagreement over the appointment of Brandi Buller as a special education secretary on Wednesday during a meeting of the Evangeline Parish School Board.

• In and around Parish
  

  St. John Berchmans School will hold its annual Berchmans BASH Family Day & Bar-Be-Que Competition at 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.Sunday, Sept.

• Residents see Evangeline school deseg plan
  

  The Evangeline Parish School Board in a special meeting Tuesday at Ville Platte High School got its first look at a court ordered contingency plan.

• Ville Platte voters turn down school bond issue
  

  The City of Ville Platte does not need a new high school, according to voters. Ward 1 voters voted down a $21.5 million bond issue Saturday that would have financed the construction of a new high school and ...

• Ville Platte voters turn down school bond issue
  

  The City of Ville Platte does not need a new high school, according to voters. Ward 1 voters voted down a $21.5 million bond issue Saturday that would have financed the construction of a new high school and ...

• What's on July 19 ballot
  

  Early voting starts today and ends July 12 for the July 19 ballot, which is dedicated solely to propositions.

City Description

Chataignier is a village in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 383 at the 2000 census. Chataignier is located at 30°34′15″N 92°19′9″W / 30.57083, -92.31917 (30.570834, -92.319089). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.6 km² (0.6 mi²), all land. The name Chataignier is French and means "chinquapin," a small chestnut. Chinquapins (castenea punita) grew abundantly in the surrounding prairie until the chestnut blight wiped them out. They are now non-existent in the Chataignier community. The community know as Chataignier had a beginning, but its age will never be determined. The age of a community is a nebulous thing, depending on whether one uses as point of inception the date of the arrival of the first settler, the establishment of the post office, the coming of the railroad, or any other such memorable happening. Resources for determining the historical origin of a community such as Chataignier are limited. For such information, one must rely on a few recorded instances coupled with the reliable knowledge of the elder members of the community. Gleanings from old records indicate that Chataignier's first

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• Evangeline Parish
• Louisiana

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