Edgard St John the Baptist Louisiana United States
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Settlement in the Louisiana colony is not exclusively French; in the 1720s, German immigrants settle along the Mississippi River in a region referred to as the German Coast; specifically, from east to west, in St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, and St. James parishes of present-day Acadiana.
The four settlements along the coast are Karlstein, Hoffen, Meriental, and Augsburg.
Originally, the Germans had settled at the Arkansas Post, but the conditions were intolerable.
The area's name is derived from the large population of German pioneers who are settled there in 1721 by John Law and the Company of the Indies.
When the company folds in 1731, the Germans become independent landowners.