Gypsy took its name from Gypsy Plantation, a private estate, which in turn was likely named for the Romani entertainers who would come to river towns looking for work.[2][3]
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^ abU.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gypsy, Louisiana
^Sternberg, Mary Ann (2013). Along the River Road: Past and Present on Louisiana's Historic Byway. Louisiana State University Press. p. 130. ISBN978-0-8071-5062-7.
^U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (1900). Annual Report. p. 604.
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