DeLisle: La Riviere Des LoupsDeLisle is located four miles north of Pass Christian, DeLisle has never been incorporated. Since the timber lands have been cut-over during the 1920s, today, the community has very little employment, and is composed of a scattered population creating a beautiful residential and farming community. Although much unaware to many Coastians, the quiet back-bay area has a wealth of history. It was first explored and hunted for its rich wild game by Jean Baptiste Saucier in the early 1700s. However, the area did not become settled until 80 years later, when a grandson, Philippe Saucier, received two Spanish land grants; one in the St. Louis Bay area, recorded on August 27,1781, followed in 1794, with a second tract that was situated on Bayou DeLisle, adjacent to his brother-in-law, Bartholome Grelot. These early French settlers were soon joined by Jean Baptiste Nicaise, Pierre Moran, Ramon Lizana, Chevalier DeDeaux, Jean Cassibry, and Charles Ladner. The early settlement was called La Riviere des Loups (Wolf River), then, a century later, in 1880, the English translation became Wolf Town, and since 1884, with the creation of its post office, it became known as DeLisle. |
