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St. Charles Parish (French: Paroisse de Saint-Charles) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. At the 2020 census , its population was 52,549. [ 1 ] The parish seat is Hahnville and the most populous community is Luling .
March 20, 1973 (River Rd. (Louisiana Highway 48Destrehan: Completed in 1790, the site of one of three tribunals which tried and executed slaves after the 1811 German Coast Uprising, the largest slave rebellion in U.S. history; this occurred during the Orleans Territorial period, about eighteen months before Louisiana statehood.
Ormond Plantation House. The Ormond Plantation House is a French Colonial-style, Creole plantation house located in Destrehan, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, United States.. The house was built in the late 18th century, using bricks between cypress studs.
German Coast 1736, Detail from a larger map. Map of the German Coast, 1775 [1]. The German Coast (French: Côte des Allemands, Spanish: Costa Alemana, German: Deutsche Küste) was a region of early Louisiana settlement located above New Orleans, and on the west bank of the Mississippi River.
Homeplace Plantation House, also known as Keller Homestead, is a National Historic Landmark on Louisiana Highway 18 in Hahnville, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana. Built 1787–91, it is one of the nation's finest examples of a French colonial raised cottage. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1970 for its architecture.
A view of downtown Lake Charles, circa 1917. After World War II, Lake Charles experienced industrial growth with the onset of the petrochemical refining industries. The Lake Charles Civic Center, built on reclaimed land on the lakefront in the 1970s, hosted many national shows, acts, and pop singers such as Elvis Presley. The population of the ...
LaBranche Plantation Dependency historical marker. The LaBranche Plantation Dependency House is located in St. Rose, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana.From many accounts, LaBranche Plantation, also known as Barbarra Plantation, [2] in St. Rose, Louisiana, was one of the grandest on the German Coast until it was destroyed during the American Civil War.
Des Allemands is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lafourche and St. Charles parishes in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Louisiana.The population was 2,179 at the 2020 census. [2]