Bonfouca, Louisiana
Bonfouca, Louisiana | |
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  Bonfouca, Louisiana | |
| Coordinates: 30°16′09″N 89°50′40″W / 30.26917°N 89.84444°WCoordinates: 30°16′09″N 89°50′40″W / 30.26917°N 89.84444°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Louisiana |
| Parish | St. Tammany |
| Elevation | 3 ft (0.9 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code(s) | 985 |
| GNIS feature ID | 560246[1] |
Bonfouca (also Bonfonca, Boucffouca, Bouefuka, Boukfouca) is an unincorporated community in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States.[1] It is on Louisiana Highway 433 adjacent to two miles west of Slidell.[2]
Etymology[]
It is speculated that the name derives from the Choctaw words bok meaning river and fuka meaning home or residence in the Choctaw language. The name Bokfuka was given to a Choctaw chief that attacked the German Coast of Louisiana in the year 1747.[3] Then in the year 1802 Louis-Narcisse Baudry Des Lozieres documents the name of the tribe and used the French transliteration of Bonifoucas.
Notes[]
- ^ a b c "Bonfouca, Louisiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- ^ Slidell, LA, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1971 (1994 rev.)
- ^ William A. Read (12 October 2008). Louisiana Place Names of Indian Origin: A Collection of Words. University of Alabama Press. pp. 20–. ISBN 978-0-8173-5505-0.
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