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LaPlace (/ l ə ˈ p l ɑː s / lə-PLAHSS) is a census-designated place (CDP) in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, United States, situated along the east bank of the Mississippi River, in the New Orleans metropolitan area. In 2020, it had a population of 28,841.
St. John the Baptist Parish is bisected by the Mississippi River. Though the River separates the Parish into northern and southern parts, the former is still referred to as the "east bank" and the latter as the "west bank," referring to the direction of the river as it reaches the Gulf of Mexico.
Area code 985 as of 2001–2007.. Area code 985 is the telephone area code for southeastern Louisiana, excluding the inner ring of the New Orleans area. The area code was created in 2001 when it was split off from area code 504.
River Parishes. Ascension Parish in the north is not always considered a River Parish. Main building at "Laura" Creole plantation, in Vacherie, St. James, 2002 photograph. The River Parishes are the parishes in Louisiana between New Orleans and Baton Rouge that span both banks of the Mississippi River, and are part of the larger Acadiana region ...
River Ranch is home to many commercial and independently owned businesses including dozens of retail shops, health professionals, restaurants and bars. Dwellings include a mix of owned homes, rental homes, attached townhomes and numerous residential apartment buildings with businesses on the first floor, located within the planned community of ...
Interstate 55 (I-55) is a part of the Interstate Highway System that spans 964.25 miles (1,551.81 km) from LaPlace, Louisiana, to Chicago, Illinois. [2] Within the state of Louisiana, the highway travels 66 miles (106 km) from the national southern terminus at I-10 in LaPlace to the Mississippi state line north of Kentwood.
River Ridge is located at According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 3.55 square miles (9.19 km 2 ), of which 2.80 square miles (7.24 km 2 ) are land and 0.75 square miles (1.95 km 2 ), or 21.18%, are water.
The ports of New Orleans, South Louisiana, and Baton Rouge cover 172 miles (277 km) on both banks of the Mississippi River. The Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet Canal (now closed by a rock dike built across the channel at Bayou La Loutre) extends 67 miles (108 km) from New Orleans to the Gulf of Mexico, and the channel up the Mississippi River from New Orleans to Baton Rouge runs at a 48-foot (14 ...