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Jefferson Davis Parish (French: Paroisse de Jefferson Davis) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 32,250. [1] The parish seat is Jennings. [2] Jefferson Davis Parish is named after the president of the Confederacy during the American Civil War, Jefferson Davis.
Jennings is a city in, and the parish seat of, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana, United States, [3] near Lake Charles. The population was 10,383 at the 2010 census, a small decline from the 2000 tabulation. [4] Jennings is the principal city of the Jennings Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of
When Jefferson Davis died on December 6, 1889, his funeral was a major event in the United States, receiving front-page attention throughout the country. By the time of his death, Davis had become a transitional figure. He was the embodiment of the Old South, who lived long enough to be seen as emblematic of the New South.
The Jeff Davis 8, sometimes called the Jennings 8, refers to a series of unsolved murders in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. [1] [2] Between 2005 and 2009, the bodies of eight women were found in swamps and canals surrounding Jennings, Louisiana. Most of the bodies were found in a state of decomposition, making the actual cause of death ...
Jefferson F. Davis (June 3, 1808 – December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as the first and only president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. He represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party before the American Civil War .
Elton is a town in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 992 at the 2020 census, [4] down from 1,128 at the 2010 census. [5] It is part of the Jennings Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Fenton is located in northwestern Jefferson Davis Parish at (30.364271, -92.917514 U.S. Route 165 passes through the center of town, leading northeast 9 miles (14 km) to Kinder and southwest 11 miles (18 km) to Iowa.
Jefferson Davis Elementary School in New Orleans, Louisiana, was renamed for Ernest "Dutch" Morial, the city's first black mayor. [ 21 ] Jeff Davis Elementary School in Biloxi, Mississippi (1960).