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St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana

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12historic places

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1807formed

43,764pop. 2020

6cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 12 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966. Most listings are in or near St. Bernard, Arabi, New Orleans.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

7 of 12 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

12 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
1939 St. Bernard Parish Courthouse	Chalmette	Building	2019
Chalmette Unit of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park Historic District	New Orleans	District	1966
Chandeleur Light	New Orleans	Structure	1986
Ducros, Dr. Louis A., House	St. Bernard	Building	2014
Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant	Arabi	Building	2018
Fort Proctor	Shell Beach	Building	1978
Friscoville Street Historic District	Arabi	District	1998
Kenilworth Plantation House	St. Bernard	Building	2006
Magnolia Mound	St. Bernard	Site	1978
Old Arabi Historic District	Arabi	District	1998
Pecan Grove Plantation House	Meraux	Building	2013
Sebastopol Plantation House	St. Bernard	Building	1986

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

St. Bernard was formed in 1807 (1807-04-14) from unknown / original county.

ST. BERNARD Parish created within Orleans County. The creation of parishes did not abolish the 12 counties established on 10 Apr 1805. The counties existed for taxing and electoral purposes, while parishes took over jurisdiction of judicial matters.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

St. Bernard Parish population from 1810 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1810	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
1,020	2,635	3,237	4,076	4,405	5,031	4,968	7,280	11,087	32,186	64,097	67,229	43,764

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

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

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

Cemeteries — 6 of 6 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Chalmette National Cemetery	29.94103	-89.98812
Ellen Cemetery	29.94786	-89.95835
Freedmen's Cemetery	29.94273	-89.98791
Merrit Cemetery	29.89298	-89.89812
Saint Bernard Memorial Gardens	29.95686	-89.9634
True Love Cemetery	29.86243	-89.87312

Historical populated places — 2 of 2

Name	Lat	Lon
Fazende	29.9377	-89.98979
Saint Malo	29.87798	-89.597

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

Historical markers

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