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  2. Bayou St. John - Wikipedia

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    Bayou St. John (French: Bayou Saint-Jean) is a bayou within the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. [1]The grand Bayou St. John in 1728. The Bayou as a natural feature drained the swampy land of a good portion of what was to become New Orleans, into Lake Pontchartrain.

  3. Royal Street, New Orleans - Wikipedia

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    Royal Street (French: Rue Royale; Spanish: Calle Real) is a street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.It is one of the original streets of the city, dating from the early 18th century, and is known today for its antique shops, art galleries, and hotels.

  4. New Orleans metropolitan area - Wikipedia

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    The New Orleans metropolitan area gained 12.5% of move-ins since 2018. [24] As of 2020, Greater New Orleans had a racial makeup of 51% White Americans, 35% Blacks or African Americans, 3% Asians, 2% from two or more races, and 9% Hispanic or Latinos of any race. [24] The area's median age was 39 and the population made up 52% females and 48% males.

  5. List of plantations in Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. gained rights to use the New Orleans port in 1795. [citation needed] Louisiana (New Spain) was transferred by Spain to France in 1800, but it remained under Spanish administration until a few months before the Louisiana Purchase. The huge swath of territory purchased from Napoleon Bonaparte in 1803 was sparsely populated.

  6. Frenchmen Street - Wikipedia

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    Frenchmen Street is in the 7th Ward of New Orleans, Louisiana.It is best known for the three-block section in the Faubourg Marigny neighborhood which since the 1980s has developed as the center of many popular live-music venues, [1] including Cafe Negril, Favela Chic, Vaso, Apple Barrel, Blue Nile, Snug Harbor, the Spotted Cat, and the Maison.

  7. List of Interstate Highways in Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    LA 47 in New Orleans: I-10/LA 47 in New Orleans: 1992 [19] current Spur in Eastern New Orleans: I-610: 4.52: 7.27 I-10 in New Orleans: 1965 [20] current New Orleans downtown bypass I-910: 9.70: 15.61 US 90 Bus. in Marrero: I-10/US 90 Bus. in New Orleans: 1999 [21] current FHWA designation (not used by La DOTD) for freeway portion of US 90 Bus ...

  8. North Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    Combined they comprise the Ark-La-Tex area, just as the northeastern portion of Louisiana, Southeast Arkansas, and Northwest Mississippi are known as the Ark-La-Miss. The Louisiana Central Hill Country, the hilly areas of LaSalle, Grant, Winn, Caldwell, Natchitoches, Jackson, Lincoln, and Bienville parishes, [ 3 ] extend into portions of North ...

  9. Gert Town, New Orleans - Wikipedia

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    Gert Town was also well known for being a center of development for jazz and other music genres. Musicians such as Buddy Bolden, John Robichaux, Merry Clayton, Bunk Johnson and Allen Toussaint all came from the neighborhood and helped shape the musical influence of New Orleans. [1] In 2016, Gert Town was named one of New Orleans' fastest ...