Headnote
SAINT BERNARD PARISH, situated in the southeast part of Louisiana, with Mississippi river on the northwest, and surrounded by the gulf of Mexico, and its indentations. Area, 150 square miles. Face of the country, flat; soil, marshy. Seat of justice, ------- . Pop. in 1830, 3,356; in 1840, 3,237; in 1850, 3,802. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Louisiana

Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
SAINT BERNARD PARISH, situated in the southeast part of Louisiana, with Mississippi river on the northwest, and surrounded by the gulf of Mexico, and its indentations. Area, 150 square miles. Face of the country, flat; soil, marshy. Seat of justice, ------- . Pop. in 1830, 3,356; in 1840, 3,237; in 1850, 3,802.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 318.
Date Type
- Hurricane kills forty-seven people in Louisiana Crime/Disasters
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