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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.
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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
Jefferson Parish: 051: Gretna: 1825: from part of Orleans Parish: Founding Father Thomas Jefferson: 421,777: 642 sq mi (1,663 km 2) Jefferson Davis Parish: 053: Jennings: 1912: from part of Calcasieu Parish. Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States of America: 31,553: 659 sq mi (1,707 km 2) Lafayette Parish: 055: Lafayette: 1823 ...
The locations of National Register properties for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. [1] There are 17 properties listed on the National Register in the parish, and one former listing. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted January 3, 2025. [2]
Elton is in northeast Jefferson Davis Parish and is bordered to the north by Allen Parish. U.S. Route 190 passes through the town, leading east 16 miles (26 km) to Eunice and west 9 miles (14 km) to Kinder. Jennings, the Jefferson Davis Parish seat, is 26 miles (42 km) to the south of Elton via Louisiana Highway 26.
Lacassine is in western Jefferson Davis Parish along U.S. Route 90, which leads west 6 miles (10 km) to Iowa and east the same distance to Welsh. Interstate 10 runs along the northern edge of Lacassine, with access from Exit 48 (Louisiana Highway 101).
In Hayes, the highway turns south and crosses into Jefferson Davis Parish soon afterward. [3] [4] [5] Entering the southwestern corner of Jefferson Davis Parish, LA 14 turns to resume its eastward course and crosses a high-rise fixed span bridge (built in 2013 to replace an aging swing bridge) [6] over the wide and serpentine Bayou Lacassine.