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St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
17historic places
—earliest paper
1807formed
42,477pop. 2020
3cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 17 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1974; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Edgard, Reserve, LaPlace.

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 St. John the Baptist titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

10 of 17 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

17 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Bacas HouseEdgardBuilding1990
Bayou Jasmine Archeological SiteLaPlaceSite1976
Caire, E.J., & Co. StoresEdgardBuilding2001
Dugas HouseEdgardBuilding1989
Emilie Plantation HouseGaryvilleBuilding1989
Evergreen Plantation NHLWallaceBuilding1991
Garyville Historic DistrictGaryvilleDistrict1990
Godchaux-Reserve Plantation HouseReserveBuilding1994
Graugnard HouseReserveBuilding1994
Haydel-Jones HouseEdgardBuilding2010
Hope Plantation HouseGaryvilleBuilding2005
Montegut Plantation HouseLaPlaceBuilding1988
Our Lady of Grace ChurchReserveBuilding2005
San Francisco Plantation House NHLReserveBuilding1974
Sorapuru HouseEdgardBuilding1999
Whitney Plantation Historic DistrictWallaceDistrict1992
Woodland PlantationLaPlaceBuilding2017

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

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

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST Parish created within German Coast County. The creation of parishes did not abolish 12 counties established on 10 Apr 1805. The counties existed for taxing & electoral purposes, parishes took over jurisdiction of judicial matters.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

St. John the Baptist Parish population from 1810 to 2020 (Census historical series).

46k24k2,9901810184018801920196020002020
1810182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
2,9903,8545,7767,9309,68612,33011,89614,76614,86118,43931,92443,04442,477

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.
New Orleans Jazz National Historical ParkPark unit46.3 km

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

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

3 cemeteries and 5 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 3 of 3 listed
NameLatLon
Bishop Cemetery30.05603-90.59619
Saint John the Baptist Cemetery30.04464-90.55897
Woodville Cemetery30.03529-90.66766
Historical populated places — 5 of 5
NameLatLon
Bougere30.05881-90.60759
Duke30.02631-90.60203
Haydel30.02298-90.61675
Songy30.01548-90.64926
Wags30.00909-90.67703

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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