Headnote
JEFFERSON PARISH, situated in the southeasterly part of Louisiana, traversed by the Mississippi, and bounded by bayous and inlets of the gulf of Mexico. Area, 720 square miles. Face of the country low and level; soil generally unproductive. Seat of justice, La Fayette. Pop. in 1830, 6,846; in 1840, 10,470; in 1850, 25,091. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Louisiana

Jefferson Parish, Louisiana (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
JEFFERSON PARISH, situated in the southeasterly part of Louisiana, traversed by the Mississippi, and bounded by bayous and inlets of the gulf of Mexico. Area, 720 square miles. Face of the country low and level; soil generally unproductive. Seat of justice, La Fayette. Pop. in 1830, 6,846; in 1840, 10,470; in 1850, 25,091.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 172.
Date Type
In Louisiana, a black U.S.C.T. soldier is executed for killing a white civilian in an October 1865 street confrontation Crime/Disasters
Name Type
Metairie, LA City or Town
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