German Coast, Orleans Territory

German Coast County, Orleans Territory was a former civil division of Louisiana that existed from April 10, 1805, until April 14, 1807, during the U.S. territorial, pre-statehood period. In 1807, when the county system was replaced with civil parishes, the county was divided into St. John the Baptist and St. Charles parishes.{{Cite web |date=2009 |editor1-last=John H. |editor1-first=Long |editor2-last=Tuck Sinko |editor2-first=Peggy |title=Louisiana: Individual County Chronologies |url=https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/LA_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm |access-date=2024-08-05 |work=Atlas of Historical County Boundaries |publisher=The Newberry Library}}