Lakeland, Louisiana

Lakeland (French: Terre-du-Lac), is a village in southeastern Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana United States.

Lakeland is located on False River, in the south-east of Pointe Coupee, 6 miles to the south of New Roads.

[3] It was a so-called post-village in the 19th century, served by the (now vanished) Abramson railway station 4 miles to the west, and comprising one church, four stores, and several cotton gins and sugar mills.

This area is home to Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and Alma Plantation Sugar Mill.

According to some sources in 1798 Prince Louis Philippe I who later became King of France and Marigny de Mandeville were guests at his plantations.

Twenty-four year old Father Louis Savoure, a native of Combourg made the decision to rebuild the church in Lakeland.

[12] The storm is now known as the 1947 Fort Lauderdale hurricane and it was responsible for killing fifty-one people in Louisiana and caused an estimated $110 million in damages.

Picturesque scene along LA 416 in Lakeland, LA