Slap Ya Mama — history

How Ville Platte got its somewhat unique name remains obscure in the minds of would be historians seeking the solution thereof. Notations on the original plats of survey for the area that is now Ville Platte statedthat surveyors hadtouse pirogues and flat boats to properly do their work.Consequently, those surveyors referred to it as 'Flat Ville' or 'Flat Town', both of which, when translated into French, should be "Ville Plat" but wound up 'Ville Platte'. However, the name Ville Platte could have come from another source. In its early inception the hamlet of Ville Platte was the first community on...