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Bedico, Louisiana

Coordinates:30°26′11″N90°15′06″W / 30.43639°N 90.25167°W /30.43639; -90.25167
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Unincorporated community in Louisiana

Unincorporated community in Louisiana, United States
Bedico, Louisiana
Bedico, Louisiana is located in Louisiana
Bedico, Louisiana
Bedico, Louisiana
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Bedico, Louisiana is located in the United States
Bedico, Louisiana
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Coordinates:30°26′11″N90°15′06″W / 30.43639°N 90.25167°W /30.43639; -90.25167
CountryUnited States
StateLouisiana
ParishTangipahoa
Elevation
20 ft (6 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code985
GNIS feature ID549618[1]

Bedico is anunincorporated community inTangipahoa Parish,Louisiana, United States. Bedico is located onHighway 22, 13 mi (20.92 km) miles east ofHammond.

Etymology

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There are several competing theories surrounding the origin of the name Bedico. Some linguists have claimed that the name is derived from theChoctaw wordsBihi Chito which meansBig Mulberry Land in theChoctaw language. In the late 1790s a nobleman named Michael Betancourt seized 270 acres for theBaron of Carondelet which included Bedico Creek and the surrounding area.[2]Some historians have claimed that the community is named after theBettencourt family, of French Norman origin.[3] A third theory claims that early Spanish Catholic missionaries named the community after theOrder of Saint Benedict.

References

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  1. ^U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bedico, Louisiana
  2. ^United States. Congress (1834).American State Papers: Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States. Gales and Seaton. pp. 23–.
  3. ^Bedico Creek Preserve."History of Bedico Creek". Bedico Creek Preserve. RetrievedAugust 17, 2019.
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