A statue of St. Landry stands behind the altar of St. Landry Catholic Church in Opelousas, Louisiana.
The Federals did not make it to Texas but by November 17 were marching back into New Iberia, having gotten no farther than Opelousas.
Born near Opelousas, Louisiana, the son of Jacques Etienne Roman of Grenoble, France and Marie Louise Patin, Jacques Telesphore Roman and his family later moved to St. James Parish, Louisiana and engaged in the lucrative sugar trade.
Joe Aillet was born Joseph Fuourka and was brought from New York City in 1905 on an Orphan Train to Opelousas in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.
KFXZ-FM, a radio station (105.9 FM) licensed to Opelousas, Louisiana, United States
KLWB-FM, a radio station (103.7 FM) licensed to Opelousas, Louisiana, United States
Near the east end of its route, LA 106 passes through an interchange with Interstate 49 (I-49) between Opelousas and Alexandria in the southwest corner of Avoyelles Parish.
During the American Civil War, the Thirteenth Connecticut, part of Union General Nathaniel P. Banks's forces, occupied Washington, then larger than the parish seat of Opelousas.