itan ▁Statist ical ▁Area , ▁while ▁the ▁Ac ad ia ▁Par ish ▁portion ▁is ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Crow ley ▁Mic ropol itan ▁Statist ical ▁Area . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁One - time ▁law man ▁and ▁pione er ▁land ▁developer ▁C . C . ▁D us on ▁is ▁cred ited ▁with ▁found ing ▁E un ice , ▁which ▁was ▁named ▁for ▁his ▁second ▁wife , ▁E un ice ▁Ph arr ▁D us on . ▁He ▁and ▁his ▁brother , ▁W . W . ▁D us on , ▁had ▁already ▁founded ▁Crow ley , ▁Louisiana ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 7 , ▁and ▁now ▁he ▁looked ▁to ▁the ▁north ▁of ▁the ▁parish ▁for ▁future ▁development . ▁D us on ▁bought ▁ ▁of ▁land ▁from ▁Will ie ▁Hum ble ▁of ▁Pra irie ▁Fa qu eta ï que ▁and ▁mapped ▁out ▁a ▁town ▁site , ▁laid ▁out ▁in ▁lots ▁ 5 0 - by - 1 4 0 ▁feet , ▁ 1 2 ▁lots ▁to ▁the ▁block . ▁Next , ▁he ▁persu aded ▁the ▁Southern ▁Pacific ▁Rail road ▁to ▁extend ▁a ▁branch ▁line ▁from ▁Crow ley ▁to ▁his ▁new ▁town . ▁Then ▁he ▁began ▁what ▁he ▁and ▁his ▁brother ▁had ▁learned ▁how ▁to ▁do ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁anyone : ▁promote ▁land ▁sales . ▁It ▁was ▁char tered ▁as ▁a ▁village ▁on ▁September ▁ 1 2 , ▁ 1 8 9 4 , ▁and ▁incorpor ated ▁as ▁a ▁town ▁on ▁June ▁ 4 , ▁ 1 8 9 5 . ▁ ▁Ev ang eline ▁Par ish ▁was ▁created