Editing Broussard, Louisiana (section)

==History==
The community was originally named ''Côte Gelée'' (Frozen Hill) because of its hilly ridge area and the severe winter of 1784. Broussard was founded in 1884. It was named after Valsin Broussard, a prominent local merchant, who formed the first vigilante committee when his own store was robbed. He was a direct descendant of [[Joseph Broussard|Joseph Broussard de Beausoleil]], one of the first 200 [[Acadians]] to arrive in Louisiana on February 27, 1765, aboard the ''Santo Domingo''.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090521212233/http://www.carencrohighschool.org/LA_Studies/ParishSeries/LafayetteParish/Broussard.htm www.carencrohighschool.org "Broussard named for early settler Valsin Broussard"]}}</ref>

Primary agricultural resources include sugarcane, soybean and hay production as well as horse and cattle farming. Principal industries consist of oil and gas service companies, food distributors, real estate developments and manufacturing.

Broussard has gone from a horse and buggy community, with large sugarcane plantation homes, to a current day industrial community with over 300 businesses. It was designated a city in November 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/geographic/boundary_changes/index.html |title=Boundary Changes |work=Geographic Change Notes: Louisiana |publisher=Population Division, United States Census Bureau |date=May 19, 2006 |access-date=October 24, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100806133317/http://www.census.gov/popest/geographic/boundary_changes/index.html |archive-date=August 6, 2010 }}</ref>