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St. James Parish, Louisiana

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21historic places

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1807formed

20,192pop. 2020

11cemeteries

5CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 21 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1974; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Vacherie, Convent, Lutcher.

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

12 of 21 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

21 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Bay Tree	Vacherie	Building	1991
Chauvin House	Convent	Building	2003
Colonial Sugars Historic District	Gramercy	District	1994
Desire Plantation House	Vacherie	Building	1986
Felicite Plantation	Vacherie	Building	2010
Graugnard Farms Plantation House	St. James	Building	1992
Lambert House	Convent	Building	2005
Laura Plantation	Vacherie	District	1993
Little Texas	Paulina	Building	1992
Lutcher & Moore Cypress Lumber Co., Ltd., Headquarters Building	Lutcher	Building	1994
Lutcher United Methodist Church	Lutcher	Building	1992
Manresa House of Retreats/Jefferson College	Convent	Building	1985
Mather House	Convent	Building	2001
Millet House	Gramercy	Building	1999
OLIVE JEANETTE	Lutcher	Structure	1991
Oak Alley Plantation NHL	Vacherie	Building	1974
Oak Alley Plantation	Vacherie	District	2026
Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church	Vacherie	Building	2013
Poche', Judge Felix, Plantation House	Convent	Building	1980
St. Joseph Plantation House	Vacherie	Building	2005
St. Michael's Church Historic District	Convent	District	1979

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

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

ST. JAMES created within Acadia 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. James Parish population from 1810 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1810	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
3,955	5,660	8,548	11,499	14,714	20,197	21,228	16,596	15,334	18,369	21,495	21,216	20,192

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

11 cemeteries and 11 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 11 of 11 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Antioch Cemetery	30.02308	-90.72906
Buena Vista Cemetery	30.10249	-90.92282
Celestin Cemetery	30.02103	-90.85176
Highway Baptist Church Cemetery	29.99894	-90.71475
Mount Calvary Cemetery	30.05571	-90.88984
Philippian Cemetery	30.09325	-90.89592
Saint James Cemetery	30.01547	-90.84064
Saint Joseph Cemetery	30.03014	-90.71344
Saint Michael Cemetery	30.01085	-90.82461
Saint Philip Cemetery and Mausoleum	30.02499	-90.69162
Western Cemetery	30.04928	-90.70878

Historical populated places — 11 of 11

Name	Lat	Lon
Burton	30.01187	-90.87176
Chopin	29.98409	-90.80482
Colomb Park	30.07048	-90.85037
Cress	30.00354	-90.69953
Forstall	30.00298	-90.8601
Grand View	30.02854	-90.72092
Malarcher	30.05242	-90.83176
Minnie	30.0452	-90.91593
Nicholle	30.04215	-90.82759
Timberton	30.07714	-90.83287
Uncle Sam	30.0377	-90.82648

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

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

Battlefield	Study acres	Dist.	Site ID
Donaldsonville	1,427	20.3 km	LA004
Donaldsonville	3,773	22.8 km	LA013
Kock'S Plantation	14,587	23.3 km	LA015
Georgia Landing	1,108	25.4 km	LA005
Lafourche Crossing	1,051	27.3 km	LA012

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

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