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St. James Parish (French: Paroisse de Saint-Jacques) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana.The parish seat is Convent. [1] The parish was created in 1807. [2] St. James Parish is a part of the New Orleans–Metairie, Louisiana metropolitan statistical area, sitting between New Orleans and Baton Rouge on the Mississippi Ri
St. James Episcopal Day School, founded in 1948 as a kindergarten by Doris deBessonet, provides a church-based education to children 18 months old through 5th. Episcopal High School of Baton Rouge was established by St. James in 1965 as a diocesan owned extension of the Day School for middle and high school students. In 1983, St. James provided ...
St. Michael's Church Historic District is a historic district in Convent, Louisiana, in St. James Parish, Louisiana. The area was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1] It is located on River Road (Louisiana Highway 44), about 7 miles (11 km) downriver from Sunshine Bridge.
In 1698, St. James' Parish opened the first parochial lending library of the American parishes of the Church of England. The Rev. Dr. Thomas Bray donated 118 books for the library that year. The Reverend Henry Hall was called as the first rector, and remained at St. James' until his death in 1722. When the old church became inadequate for the ...
St. James is a census-designated place in St. James Parish, Louisiana, United States on the west bank of the Mississippi River. It is part of the New Orleans Metropolitan Area . Its population was 828 as of the 2010 census .
Convent (French: Couvent) is a census-designated place in and the parish seat of St. James Parish, Louisiana, United States. [3] It has been the parish seat since 1869. It is part of the New Orleans metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, its population was 711. [4] The 2018 median household income was $52,292 above the state's average. [5]
Desire plantation, also known as Alcidesire, [2] is an historic Perique tobacco plantation built circa 1835, and located in Vacherie, Louisiana, St. James Parish. The plantation house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
The St. James Parish Public Schools is a school district headquartered in Lutcher, Louisiana, United States. The district serves all of St. James Parish. Schools