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with a picture of the horse on the first page. When the railroad company painted a sign for the town on the side of the train depot, a "p" was accidentally added to the name and it has remained there ever since. The horse was named after horse breeder
Ambrose LeComte who lived in the area and was a
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living together, 24.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.9% were non-families. 32.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.38.
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1137:Parish seat
1054:January 31,
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865:The LeComte
861:New Orleans
806:other races
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1162:Alexandria
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937:References
877:Shreveport
849:race horse
787:As of the
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374:Geography
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125:Country
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