Thomazeau erected as a fifth-class commune

Erected as a commune of the 5th class by the decree of the provisional government dated at Saint Marc, 3 August 1889. The 1st election took place on 10 September following: the 1st citizen who represented this commune at the Constituent Assembly of 1889 was Méléus Pierre, called Chinon, of Port au Prince. Patron saint’s feast on 26 July, at Saint Anne’s. Population 10,000 souls. In 1892 the State gave $1,000 to build the church and the presbytery. A large inland market is held on Friday. The butchers and retailers of the markets of Port au Prince go there to supply themselves with oxen for the butchery, with vegetables, poultry and fruit, etc. The surrounding inhabitants and the Dominicans come there to sell their livestock and other produce, and to buy provisions and goods of all sorts.

Rouzier tells this under the entry THOMAZEAU.