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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
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The Jennings Oil Field in 1933. The first oil in Louisiana was drilled in 1901 in Evangeline, Acadia Parish, by W. Scott Heywood, who in 1932 was elected to the Louisiana State Senate. [4] The oil field was known as the Jennings Oil Field because Jennings was the nearest railroad stop to the oil field.
The company traces its roots back to 1890, when John Backman began making wooden caskets by hand. At the time, the Aurora Casket Company employed 20 people. In the 1920s, John's son William Backman and his son-in-law William Barrott joined the company. For decades, the company was controlled by the Backman and Barrott families.
Hours after the Mariners clinched their first playoff berth since 2001 a few days ago, Jennings shared a photo of his son Dylan wearing a Mariners jersey to put the team’s feat into historical ...
Angelus is a historic house located at 1114 North Cutting Avenue in Jennings, Louisiana. Built by the Jaenke family in 1907, the two-story frame house is Colonial Revival in style. Its entrance portico includes two sets of paired Ionic columns. [2] [3]