It's true: Lafayette was not always known as Lafayette. The region that would become today's Lafayette was once named St. Jean du Vermilionville, but the name soon was shortened to Vermilionville. Vermilionville sat in an area of two parishes:
How many millionaires are in Lafayette LA?
But there is an astonishing amount of money for a city of 85,000 people. Arthur Broussard, president of the Guaranty Bank, Lafayette's largest, estimates that there are ''a thousand, perhaps more'' millionaires in town. Others say there are as many as 2,000.