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Jefferson Davis Parish Public Schools or Jefferson Davis Parish School Board (JDPSB) is a school district headquartered in Jennings, Louisiana, United States. The district covers Jefferson Davis Parish. [1]
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
The modern LA 26 was created in 1955 when the Louisiana Department of Highways, the successor to the Highway Commission, renumbered the entire state highway system. [19] Class "A": La 26—From a junction with La-US 171 at or near DeRidder through or near Oberlin and Elton to a junction with La-US 90 at or near Jennings.
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.
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 .
The city of Jennings, parish seat of Jefferson Davis Parish, is located 23 miles (37 km) south via LA-97. It intersects with U.S. 190 east of the town. It intersects with U.S. 190 east of the town. According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.0 km 2 ), all land.
LA 97 is classified by the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (La DOTD) as an urban minor arterial within Jennings and as a rural major collector for the remainder of its route. Daily traffic volume in 2013 reported an average of 7,000 vehicles through Jennings, peaking at 11,400 near US 90.
The old Jennings Post Office is a historic post office building located at 118 West Plaquemine Street in Jennings, Louisiana. It is currently used as the Jefferson Davis Parish Library . It is a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 -story brick public building described as "Neo-Federal" in style, which served as post office for Jennings from 1915 until 1976.