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The map is intentionally incomplete. A parish enters the archive when Parish & Plate has actually been there, done the reporting and published the story.

Louisiana · 64 parishes
Published Parish & Plate field note

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Cameron Parish

Booth's Grocery in Grand Chenier, Cameron Parish

Grand Chenier: Booth’s Grocery

The first point on the atlas began as an accidental stop on Highway 82 and became an afternoon with Earl Booth Jr. inside his family’s former country store.

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The blank space is part of the idea.

This is not a directory imported from somewhere else. The Parish Atlas is a record of Parish & Plate’s actual field work. New parishes appear only when there is a real story to attach to them.