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Bonfouca, Louisiana

Coordinates: 30°16′09″N 89°50′40″W / 30.26917°N 89.84444°W / 30.26917; -89.84444
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Bonfouca, Louisiana
Bonfouca, Louisiana is located in Louisiana
Bonfouca, Louisiana
Bonfouca, Louisiana
Bonfouca, Louisiana is located in the United States
Bonfouca, Louisiana
Bonfouca, Louisiana
Coordinates: 30°16′09″N 89°50′40″W / 30.26917°N 89.84444°W / 30.26917; -89.84444
CountryUnited States
StateLouisiana
ParishSt. Tammany
Elevation3 ft (0.9 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code985
GNIS feature ID560246[1]

Bonfouca (also Bonfonca, Boucffouca, Bouefuka, Boukfouca) is an unincorporated community in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States.[1] It is on Louisiana Highway 433 adjacent to Liberty Bayou two miles west of Slidell.[2]

Etymology

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It is speculated that the name derives from the Choctaw language words "bok", meaning river, and fuka, meaning home or residence. Bokfuka was the name of a Choctaw chief who attacked the German Coast of Louisiana in the year 1747.[3] In 1802 Louis-Narcisse Baudry Des Lozieres documented the name of the tribe. He referred to the 18th century chief as "Bonifoucas", a French transliteration of the Choctaw.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c "Bonfouca, Louisiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Slidell, LA, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1971 (1994 rev.)
  3. ^ William A. Read (October 12, 2008). Louisiana Place Names of Indian Origin: A Collection of Words. University of Alabama Press. pp. 20–. ISBN 978-0-8173-5505-0.