Naquin Settlement

Historical marker location:

Labadieville, Louisiana

( Marker is on St. Mary Street (State Highway 1) 0.4 miles north of Welcome Road, on the right when traveling north.)

Established Sept. 10, 1785.

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.