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Jefferson Parish, Louisiana

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
28historic places
—earliest paper
1825formed
440,781pop. 2020
19cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 28 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966. Most listings are in or near Grand Isle, Gretna, Westwego.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Louisiana is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Jefferson titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

18 of 28 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

28 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Barataria Unit of Jean Lafitte Historical Park Historic DistrictBaratariaDistrict1966
Bernard, L.J. Hardware StoreWestwegoBuilding2000
Buchler, Conrad A., HouseWestwegoBuilding1999
Camp Parapet Powder MagazineMetairieStructure1977
Crockett, David, Fire Hall and PumperGretnaBuilding1983
Felix-Block BuildingKennerBuilding1985
Fort LivingstonGrand IsleStructure1974
Gretna Historic DistrictGretnaDistrict1985
Harahan Elementary SchoolHarahanBuilding1983
Humble Oil Camp Historic DistrictGrand IsleDistrict2020
Kenner Town HallKennerBuilding1986
Kerner HouseGretnaBuilding2000
Kirby-Adam HouseGrand IsleBuilding2018
Magnolia Lane Plantation HouseWestwegoBuilding1986
Martin, Ed, Seafood Company Factory and HouseWestwegoBuilding2000
McDonoghville Historic DistrictGretnaDistrict2022
Old Jefferson Parish CourthouseGretnaBuilding1983
Pitre, Vic HouseWestwegoBuilding1998
Poche HouseGrand IsleBuilding2018
Raziano HouseKennerBuilding1998
Robin HouseGrand IsleBuilding2018
Southern Pacific Steam Locomotive #745JeffersonStructure1998
St. Joseph Church-Convent of the Most Holy Sacrament ComplexGretnaBuilding1983
Stewart BuildingMetairieBuilding2026
The Oleander HotelGrand IsleBuilding2025
United States Coast Guard Station No. 79Grand IsleBuilding2018
Valence HouseGrand IsleBuilding2023
Young Men's Protective League Union Benevolent Association HallJeffersonBuilding2026

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Jefferson was formed in 1825 (1825-02-11) from Orleans.

JEFFERSON created from ORLEANS; included the disputed areas of and Cheniere Caminada and Grand Isle.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Jefferson Parish population from 1830 to 2020 (Census historical series).

455k231k6,84618301840188019201930196020002020
183018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
6,84610,47015,37212,16615,32121,56350,427103,873208,769454,592455,466440,781

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and PreservePark unit41.6 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

19 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 19 of 19 listed
NameLatLon
Adams Cemetery29.68268-90.10113
Bailey Cemetery29.70664-90.10931
Cheniere Caminada Cemetery29.20467-90.05868
Coulon Cemetery29.68465-90.09923
Coulon Cemetery29.71045-90.11158
Evening Star Cemetery29.89659-90.07507
Fisher Cemetery29.6791-90.1034
Fleming Cemetery29.74465-90.13479
Garden of Memories Cemetery29.97409-90.18479
Grand Isle Cemetery29.2374-89.99151
Lafitte Cemetery29.69104-90.09729
Little Village Cemetery29.71243-90.1134
McDonoghville Cemetery29.93381-90.04757
Our Lady of Prompt Succor Cemetery29.90798-90.14674
Our Lady of the Angels Cemetery29.91904-90.20764
Providence Memorial Park Cemetery29.97687-90.22785
Saint Anthony Cemetery29.73159-90.12868
Westlawn Memorial Cemetery29.90327-90.04106
Westlawn South Cemetery29.89576-90.03895
Historical populated places — 2 of 2
NameLatLon
Little Farms29.96465-90.22091
Pricetown29.91382-90.21008

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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