Tigerville, Louisiana

Tigerville, Louisiana
Tigerville, Louisiana
Unincorporated community
	Tigerville, Louisiana Tigerville, Louisiana
	Coordinates: 30°02′34″N 90°32′36″W / 30.04278°N 90.54333°W / 30.04278; -90.54333
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Parish	St. John the Baptist
Elevation	13 ft (4 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	985
GNIS feature ID	1628368

Tigerville is an unincorporated community in St. John the Baptist Parish, in the U.S. state of Louisiana.^[1]

Etymology

According to tradition, Tigerville was so named when early settlers mistook native cougars for tigers.^[2]

^ a b "Tigerville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ Peña, Christopher G. (2004). Scarred by War: Civil War in Southeast Louisiana. AuthorHouse. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-4184-5544-6.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, United States
Parish seat: Edgard
CDPs	Edgard Garyville LaPlace Pleasure Bend Reserve Wallace
Other communities	Gypsy‡ Lucy Mount Airy Tigerville Welcome
Ghost town	Frenier Ruddock
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent parish
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Tigerville, Louisiana
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 30°02′34″N 90°32′36″W / 30.04278°N 90.54333°W / 30.04278; -90.54333
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Parish	St. John the Baptist
Elevation	13 ft (4 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	985
GNIS feature ID	1628368^[1]