Editing New Roads, Louisiana (section)

==Notable people==
*[[Hewitt Leonidas Bouanchaud]], politician, served as Lieutenant Governor and state House Speaker
*[[Brian J. Costello]], humanitarian and author is a lifelong resident of New Roads
*[[Shelton Fabre]], 4th bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Houma–Thibodaux]]
*[[Ernest Gaines|Ernest J. Gaines]], African-American fiction writer
*[[Jonas Gaines]], baseball pitcher in the [[Negro league baseball|Negro leagues]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jonas Gaines Negro & Independent Leagues Statistics & History|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=gaines003jon|access-date=2020-08-23|website=Baseball-Reference.com|language=en}}</ref>
*[[John A. Lejeune|John Archer LeJeune]], Lieutenant General of the United States Marines. Namesake of [[Camp LeJeune]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lt. Gen. John A. Lejeune |url=https://www.lejeune.marines.mil/About/About-LtGen-Lejeune/#:~:text=Lieutenant%20General%20John%20Archer%20Lejeune,graduated%20with%20a%20B.A.%20degree. |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=www.lejeune.marines.mil}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Patterson |first=Michael Robert |date=2023-09-26 |title=John Archer Lejeune - Lieutenant General, United States Marine Corps |url=https://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/lejeune.htm |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=Arlington National Cemetery |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Catherine D. Kimball]], former chief justice of the [[Louisiana Supreme Court]], former New Roads resident
*[[Clyde Kimball]], former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
*[[DeLesseps Story Morrison]], former New Orleans Mayor, was born in New Roads.
*[[Julien Poydras]], a merchant, planter, poet, statesman, banker, and philanthropist.
*[[Albin Provosty]], district attorney and member of the [[Louisiana State Senate]]
*[[Patrick Queen]], middle linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens
*[[A.A. Bondy]], semi-famous musician from New Roads