St. Helena Parish

Many thanks to the former coordinator, Gayle Triller. She gathered so much information for this site. This site is looking for a Parish Coordinator! It could be you!!! Email Marsha Holley, the State Coordinator if you are interested in adopting the parish. We need YOU!

St. Helena is one of the eight Florida Parishes (East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, West Feliciana, Livingston, St. Helena, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington), a region which was once part of colonial West Florida. After the French and Indian War (Seven Years' War), France ceded its lands east of the Mississippi River (except New Orleans) to Great Britain. Britain split this region into the colonies of East Florida and West Florida.

Spain acquired West Florida from Britain after the American Revolution. The Republic of West Florida (1810): Settlers in the region revolted against Spanish rule and formed the independent Republic of West Florida for 74 days in 1810.

The United States quickly annexed the territory, and it was later incorporated into the state of Louisiana when it joined the Union in 1812.

In 1832, the southern section of the parish was taken to form Livingston Parish and the St. Helena parish seat was redesignated as Greensburg, where it remains today. St. Helena lost another portion of land in 1866, which was subsequently added to land from other parishes to form Tangipahoa Parish.

St. Helena Parish (French: Paroisse de Sainte-Hélène; Spanish: Parroquia de Santa Elena)

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