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The only U.S. state to call its political subdivisions "parishes" is

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Louisiana

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Louisiana is the only state to call its divisions “parishes” instead of “counties.”

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Louisiana - parishes are the same thing as counties, the term comes from Catholicism and dates/ties back to when the territory was under Spanish/French control (but Spain was much more Catholic than France).
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