Bedico is an unincorporated community in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States. Bedico is located on Highway 22, 13 mi (20.92 km) miles east of Hammond.
Bedico, Louisiana | |
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  Bedico, Louisiana  Bedico, Louisiana | |
| Coordinates: 30°26′11″N 90°15′06″W / 30.43639°N 90.25167°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Louisiana |
| Parish | Tangipahoa |
| Elevation | 20 ft (6 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 985 |
| GNIS feature ID | 549618 [1] |
Etymology
editThere are several competing theories surrounding the origin of the name Bedico. Some linguists have claimed that the name is derived from the Choctaw words Bihi Chito which means Big Mulberry Land in the Choctaw language. In the late 1790s a nobleman named Michael Betancourt seized 270 acres for the Baron of Carondelet which included Bedico Creek and the surrounding area.[2] Some historians have claimed that the community is named after the Bettencourt family, of French Norman origin.[3] A third theory claims that early Spanish Catholic missionaries named the community after the Order of Saint Benedict.
References
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bedico, Louisiana
- ^ United States. Congress (1834). American State Papers: Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States. Gales and Seaton. pp. 23–.
- ^ Bedico Creek Preserve. "History of Bedico Creek". Bedico Creek Preserve. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
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