Named for Eunice Pharr Duson (wife of landowner C.C. Duson), this territory in the Opelousas-Eunice metro area is mostly known by locals and visitors as the “Prairie Cajun Capital of Louisiana”. Elevated almost 50 feet above sea level, this community home of more than 11500 inhabitants is full of French, American, German, French Canadian, Irish, and English ancestries. Incorporated in the 1890s, this land served by the zip code 70535 is nestled between Chataignier, Mamou, Basile, Iota, Church Point, Ville Platte, Elton, and Crowley.