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From the 1940s to the 1970s, Jefferson's population swelled with an influx of middle-class white families from Orleans Parish.The parish's population doubled in size from 1940 to 1950 and again from 1950 to 1960 as the parents behind the post–World War II baby boom, profiting from rising living standards and dissatisfied with their old neighborhoods, chose relocation to new neighborhoods of ...
Location of Jefferson Parish in Louisiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States. The locations of National Register ...
Jefferson is a census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States, on the north side (referred to as the "East Bank") of the Mississippi River. Jefferson is part of the New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner metropolitan statistical area. The population was 11,193 at the 2010 census, [3] and 10,533 in 2020.
In Jefferson Parish, Manila Plaza, located in front of Jean Lafitte Town Hall, holds several historical markers and commemorative plaques acknowledging important figures in the area's Filipino American history. While there were several settlements scattered along the Louisiana coast in the late 19th century, Manila Village was the largest. [6]
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 Magnolia Lane Plantation, also known as the Fortier Plantation, is a historic plantation located on the Mississippi River in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana along LA 541. The plantation was owned in 1784 by Edward Fortier, during the Spanish colonial period. After being purchased in 1867 the plantation changed its name. [2] [3] [4]
River Ridge is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a suburb of New Orleans . The population was 13,591 in 2020.
Metairie is located in eastern Jefferson Parish and is bordered by New Orleans to the east, Kenner to the west, Lake Pontchartrain to the north, and the Illinois Central Railroad tracks to the south. South of the railroad are River Ridge, Harahan, Elmwood, and Jefferson. The 17th Street Canal forms the border between Metairie and New Orleans to ...