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===19th century=== In 1800, [[Napoleon]], the First Consul of the [[French First Republic|French Republic]], [[Third Treaty of San Ildefonso|regained control]] over Louisiana for France. Following the [[Louisiana Purchase]] in 1803, the [[Territory of Orleans]] was established in 1804 and the following year on April 10, 1805, it was divided into twelve counties with one of them being the [[German Coast, Orleans Territory|County of the German Coast]].<ref name="TerrOrlns">{{cite web|title=County of the German Coast|url=https://scphistory.org/territory-of-orleans/|publisher=scphistory.org|accessdate=August 24, 2022}}</ref> The first courthouse was established in 1804, in a community then known as βSt. Charles Courthouse".<ref name="Hahnvle">{{cite web|title=Hahnville Town History|url=https://scphistory.org/hahnville-town-history/|publisher=scphistory.org|accessdate=August 24, 2022}}</ref> The town was later renamed [[Hahnville, Louisiana|Hahnville]] and became the parish seat.<ref name="Hahnvle"/> In 1806, the log cabin [[St. Charles Chapel]] in Destrehan burned.<ref name="StCharChapel'"/> That same year, a wood-framed church painted red was built at the site of the former chapel.<ref name="LtlRedChrch">{{cite book |last1=Becnel|first1=Joan|last2=Friloux|first2=Suzanne|last3=Richoux|first3=Marilyn|editor1-first=Anne|editor1-last=Cordry|title=St. Charles Parish Louisiana|date=June 2, 2024 |trans-title=A Pictorial History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hg9kbwAACAAJ&q=St.+Charles+Parish+Louisiana+A+Pictorial+History|access-date=January 9, 2013|publisher=Donning Company Publishers|location=Virginia Beach, VA|isbn=978-1578646388|page=62}}</ref> The church became known as the "[[Little Red Church]]".<ref name="LtlRedChrch"/> It was a famous [[riverboat]] [[landmark]] where [[Sea captain|boat captains]] traditionally paid off their [[Seafarers|crews]]. In 1807, St. Charles Parish was "officially" established.<ref name="Founding">{{cite web|title=The Birth of St. Charles Parish (1807)|url=https://scphistory.org/birth-of-st-charles-parish/|publisher=scphistory.org|accessdate=August 24, 2022}}</ref> In 1811, part of the [[1811 German Coast uprising|German Coast uprising]] took place in St. Charles Parish.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2011/01/16/132839717/american-rising-when-slaves-took-on-new-orleans|title='American Rising': When Slaves Attacked New Orleans|work=[[NPR]]|date=January 16, 2011|access-date=January 16, 2011 }}</ref> The first two [[State school|public schools]] in St. Charles Parish opened in 1850.<ref name="SCPPSHis Prt1 1803β1900">{{cite web|title=St. Charles Parish Public Schools Part 1: 1803β1900|publisher=scphistory.org|url=https://scphistory.org/st-charles-parish-public-schools-history/|page=4|access-date=August 24, 2022}}</ref> During the [[American Civil War]], three [[skirmish]]es took place in St. Charles Parish. They were the "Battle of Hahnville Courthouse", "Skirmish of Boutte Station" and the "Battle of Des Allemands".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://scphistory.org/major-parish-skirmishes/|title=Three Major Skirmishes Took Place in St. Charles Parish|publisher=scphistory.org|accessdate=August 27, 2022}}</ref> Louisiana and therefore St. Charles Parish were part of the [[Fifth Military District]] during the [[Reconstruction era]] from 1865 to 1877.<ref>{{cite web |title=Landmark Legislation: The Reconstruction Act of 1867 |url=https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/Civil_War_AdmissionReadmission.htm |website=United States Senate |access-date=November 1, 2021}}</ref> [[Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church (Hahnville, Louisiana)|Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church]] was originally built in 1877 in Taft.<ref name="LdyHlyRsry">{{cite web|url=https://olhrhahnville.org/|title=A Little History of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary|publisher=olhrhahnville.org|accessdate=August 27, 2022}}</ref> Towards the end of 19th century, [[ferry]] regulation throughout the parish would now be implemented with parish oversight.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://scphistory.org/parish-ferries/|title=Parish Ferries|publisher=scphistory.org|accessdate=August 27, 2022}}</ref>
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