It is the home of St. Francis Chapel and is located along Louisiana Highway 420, north of New Roads, the parish seat.

[2] The Saint Francis Chapel at the Point Coupée settlement was originally completed in 1728.

A new church building was constructed in 1760, but built too close to the Mississippi River.

[3] The town of St. Francisville, on the opposite (east) side of the Mississippi, is named for the St. Francis Chapel.

[4] In 1792, when this area was part of New Spain, the Spanish suppressed the Mina Conspiracy near New Roads and four years later, during the Easter holiday, they suppressed a slave insurrection near Point Coupée, which became known as the Pointe Coupée Conspiracy That led to 23 heads of decapitated rebels being displayed on the road to New Orleans, and 31 additional slaves were flogged and sent to serve hard labor in other Spanish outposts.