Bedico, Louisiana

Unincorporated community in Louisiana

Unincorporated community in Louisiana, United States
30°26′11″N 90°15′06″W / 30.43639°N 90.25167°W / 30.43639; -90.25167CountryUnited StatesStateLouisianaParishTangipahoaElevation
20 ft (6 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code985GNIS feature ID549618 [1]

Bedico is an unincorporated community in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States. Bedico is located on Highway 22, 13 mi (20.92 km) miles east of Hammond.

Etymology

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

References

  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. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
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