New Iberia

Historical marker location:

445 E Main St, New Iberia, Louisiana

( Marker is at the intersection of East Main Street (State Highway 182) and Civic Center Circle, on the left when traveling east on East Main Street.)

Marker installed: 1958

Louisiana was originally a French colony, named after King Louis XIV of France. The area was first explored by the French explorer Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, in 1682.