New Iberia, Louisiana New Iberia, Louisiana City of New Iberia Evangeline Theatre in Downtown New Iberia Evangeline Theatre in Downtown New Iberia New Iberia is positioned in Louisiana New Iberia - New Iberia Parish Iberia Flooding in New Iberia due to Hurricane Ike, September 2008 New Iberia (Spanish: Nueva Iberia, French: La Nouvelle-Iberie) is a small town/city in and the church seat of Iberia Parish, Louisiana, United States. Located 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Lafayette.
In 1900, 6,815 citizens lived in New Iberia; in 1910, 7,499; and in 1940, 13,747.
New Iberia is the part of the Lafayette, Louisiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.
New Iberia dates from mid-1779, when a group of some 500 Malaguenos colonists led by Lt.Col.
In 1814, the federal government opened a postal service, and it was officially known as "New Iberia," but postmarks shortly after that reveal that the town was being called "Nova Iberia" (with Latin for "new").
The town was incorporated as "Iberia" in 1839, but the state council resolved the situation in 1847, naming the town New Iberia. During the American Civil War, New Iberia was occupied by Union forces under General Nathaniel P.
The soldiers spent the winter of 1862 1863 at New Iberia and, as stated to historian John D.
The dreary days dragged by, and the men grumbled as they plowed through the freezing precipitation and deep mud in performing the regular routines of camp life." Banks' men from New Iberia foraged for supplies in the swamps near the city. In 1868, Iberia Parish (county) was established, and New Iberia became the seat of church government.
At first, only rented space served for the courthouse, but by 1884 a new courthouse stood on a landscaped lot in downtown New Iberia, at the present-day site of Bouligny Plaza.
That courthouse served Iberia Parish until 1940, when the current courthouse was assembled along Iberia Street, two blocks from the New Iberia downtown commercial district.
New Iberia is positioned at 30 0 13 N 91 49 6 W (30.003577, 91.818454) and has an altitude of 20 feet (6.1 m). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 10.6 square miles (27.4 km ), all land.
New Iberia appreciates a sub-tropical climate with above average rainfall.
The Iberia Community Band hosts four enhance concerts throughout the year and is open to amateur, student, and experienced band instrumentalists of all ages and skill levels.
New Iberia is home to fictional detective Dave Robicheaux and his creator, author James Lee Burke. In the Electric Mist, a movie based on one of Burke's novels, was filmed in New Iberia in 2009 and starred Tommy Lee Jones.
New Iberia hosts the Louisiana Sugar Cane Festival in September.
Sugar cane is a principal crop grown by New Iberia farmers.
El Festival Espanol de Nueva Iberia, in November. Iberia Parish School System serves the city.
New Iberia Senior High School Catholic High School is a Catholic high school in New Iberia.
Bo Ackal, state representative for Iberia and St.
Robert Angers, journalist, founder of Acadiana Profile magazine; interval up in New Iberia; he left in 1950 Left New Iberia 1993 Ted Haik, state representative from Iberia, St.
Mary, and Vermilion churches (1976 96); current New Iberia town/city attorney Damon Harrison, NFL player, former New York Jets player, presently with New York Giants Terry Landry, state representative for Iberia, Lafayette, and St.
Patout, III, Iberia Parish sugar grower Louisiana Hot Sauce a hot sauce brand produced in New Iberia "New Iberia (city), Louisiana".
Winters, The Civil War in Louisiana, Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1963; ISBN 0-8071-0834-0, p.
Iberia Parish Convention & Visitors Bureau.
'Greater Iberia Chamber of Commerce" Wikimedia Commons has media related to New Iberia, Louisiana.
Wikisource has the text of the 1905 New International Encyclopedia article New Iberia.
City of New Iberia Bunk Johnson New Iberia Jazz Festival site Municipalities and communities of Iberia Parish, Louisiana, United States
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