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Duson

Duson is a town in and parishes in the U.S. state of . The town was named after Curley Duson, a sheriff of St. Landry Parish.
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  • Type: Village with 1,720 residents
  • Description: town in Acadia and Lafayette parishes, Louisiana, United States
  • Also known as: “Duson Station”, “Duson, LA”, and “Duson, Louisiana”
  • Postal code: 70529

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Judice and Scott.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Lafayette Parish, , United States. "Foreman Flats" was the original name of the area, which included Ridge Road in the north, Doc Duhon Road in the south, Lagneaux Road in the east, and South Fieldspan Road in the west. is situated 4½ miles southeast of Duson.

Town
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is the fourth largest municipality in , , United States. The population was 8,614 as of the 2010 U.S. census, and 8,119 at the 2020 census, up from 7,870 at the 2000 census. is situated 5 miles east of Duson.

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is a city in , United States. It is in an agricultural area where rice and sugarcane have been grown. With a population of 7,326 at the 2020 United States census, it is nicknamed the "Frog Capital of the World", as well as the "Louisiana City of Murals".

Duson

Latitude
30.23788° or 30° 14′ 16″ north
Longitude
-92.18019° or 92° 10′ 49″ west
Population
1,720
Elevation
33 feet (10 metres)
Open location code
86296RQ9+5W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151571474
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4323190
Wiki­data ID
Q777022
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Duson” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دونسون”
  • Basque: “Duson”
  • Catalan: “Duson”
  • Cebuano: “Duson”
  • Chechen: “Дюсон”
  • Chinese: “Duson”
  • Chinese: “杜森”
  • Dutch: “Duson”
  • French: “Duson”
  • German: “Duson”
  • Gilaki: “دوسون (لۊئيزيانا)”
  • Gilaki: “دوسون”
  • Haitian: “Duson, Lwizyana”
  • Haitian: “Duson”
  • Hungarian: “Duson”
  • Italian: “Duson”
  • Ladin: “Duson”
  • Mazanderani: “دوسون”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Duson”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Duson”
  • Persian: “دوسون”
  • Polish: “Duson”
  • Portuguese: “Duson”
  • Serbian: “Duson, Louisiana”
  • Serbian: “Duson”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Duson, Louisiana”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Duson”
  • South Azerbaijani: “دوسون، لوئیزیانا”
  • Spanish: “Duson”
  • Tatar: “Дюсон”
  • Ukrainian: “Дюсон”
  • Volapük: “Duson”
  • Welsh: “Duson, Louisiana”
  • Welsh: “Duson”

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