Mix is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 in Pointe Coupee Parish

Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana

Pointe Coupee Parish, pronounced "Pwent Koo-Pay" and , is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat is New Roads. As of 2000, the population was 22,763....

, Louisiana

Louisiana

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, United States

United States

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. It is the home of the Parlange Plantation House

Parlange plantation house

The Parlange Plantation, built about 1750 in southeastern Louisiana, is a classic example of a large French Colonial plantation house in the United States. Exemplifying the style of the semitropical Louisiana country house, the Parlange Plantation House is a two-story raised cottage. The main...

, a National Historic Landmark

National Historic Landmark

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. It is located along Louisiana Highway 1

Louisiana Highway 1

Louisiana Highway 1 is a state highway in Louisiana. At 436.20 miles , it is the longest numbered highway of any class in Louisiana. It runs diagonally across the state, connecting the oil and gas fields near the island of Grand Isle with the northwest corner of the state, north of Shreveport.The...

, south of New Roads, Louisiana

New Roads, Louisiana

New Roads is a city in and the parish seat of Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, United States. The center of population of Louisiana is located in New Roads . The population was 4,996 at the 2000 census. The city's ZIP code is 70760...

. Mix is home to the Parlange Plantation House

Parlange plantation house

The Parlange Plantation, built about 1750 in southeastern Louisiana, is a classic example of a large French Colonial plantation house in the United States. Exemplifying the style of the semitropical Louisiana country house, the Parlange Plantation House is a two-story raised cottage. The main...

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History

The community was named after Alexander Mix. Mix had been a professor in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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, when he relocated to Pointe Coupee Parish. Mix introduced cotton to the area in 1802. In 1904, Mix's grandson, Thomas Mix, became the community's first postmaster. The post office was closed after World War II

World War II

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