Cecilia, LA

Cecilia is a census-designated place in St. Martin Parish, in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The 2020 census counted 1,807 residents. The community lies within the region of Acadiana, and the Lafayette metropolitan statistical area. Cecilia sits on land that was historically inhabited by the Atakapa Tribe. Public schools in St. Martin Parish are operated by the St. Martin Parish School Board. The community of Cecilia is zoned to Cecilia Primary School, Teche Elementary School, Cecilia Junior High School, and Cecilia High School. The through line in Cecilia is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Cecilia makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. The Atakapa lived in what is now Southwest Louisiana and Texas, and had a trading post at St. Martinville, before French settlers took over the land.