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St. Mary Parish, Louisiana

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32historic places

—earliest paper

1811formed

49,406pop. 2020

17cemeteries

1CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 32 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1973; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Franklin, Morgan City, Baldwin.

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

24 of 32 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

32 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Albania Plantation House	Jeanerette	Building	2001
Alice C Planation House	Franklin	Building	2000
Arlington Plantation House	Franklin	Building	1982
Atkinson Memorial Presbyterian Church	Morgan City	Building	1991
Birg House	Baldwin	Building	1982
Bittersweet	Franklin	Building	1980
Boy Scout Troop #1 Log Cabin	Franklin	Building	2001
Brubaker House	Morgan City	Building	1995
Calumet Plantation House	Patterson	Building	1984
Cary, Joshua B., House	Centerville	Building	1982
Darby House	Baldwin	Building	1982
Dixie Plantation House	Franklin	Building	1987
Franklin Foundation Hospital	Franklin	Building	2017
Franklin Historic District	Franklin	District	1982
Franklin Historic District (Boundary Increase)	Franklin	District	2005
Grevemberg House	Franklin	Building	1980
Hanson Lumber Company Office	Garden City	Building	1993
Hanson Lumber Company Owner's House	Garden City	Building	1993
Heaton House	Baldwin	Building	1980
Idlewild	Patterson	Building	1982
Lancon, Hilaire, House	Franklin	Building	2001
Morgan City City Hall and Courthouse	Morgan City	Building	1981
Morgan City Historic District	Morgan City	District	1986
Mr. Charlie Offshore Oil Rig NHL	Morgan City
Mr. Charlie Offshore Oil Rig NHL	Morgan City
Oaklawn Manor	Franklin	Building	1973
Patterson Commercial Historic District	Patterson	District	2016
Smith House	Franklin	Building	1980
Southwest Reef Lighthouse	Berwick	Structure	1991
St. Mary's Episcopal Church	Franklin	Building	1980
Tillandsia	Baldwin	Building	1982
US Post Office	Morgan City	Building	1982

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

St. Mary was formed in 1811 (1811-04-17) from unknown / original county.

ST. MARY Parish created within Attakapas County from ATTAKAPAS Parish. ATTAKAPAS Parish eliminated.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1830	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
6,442	8,950	16,816	19,891	34,145	30,754	31,458	35,848	48,833	64,253	53,500	49,406

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

17 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 17 of 17 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Bradley Cemetery	29.71671	-91.24738
Douglas Cemetery	29.73825	-91.42383
Ewing Cemetery	29.75076	-91.80428
Gratt Cemetery	29.70305	-91.46411
Israelite Cemetery	29.83477	-91.4995
Little Zion Cemetery	29.75044	-91.40593
Midway Cemetery	29.66147	-91.48964
Milton Cemetery	29.66954	-91.10221
Morgan City Cemetery	29.69048	-91.18649
North Bend Cemetery	29.67826	-91.47538
Oaklawn Cemetery	29.84791	-91.46173
Palo Alto Cemetery	29.81602	-91.4469
Saint Andrews Cemetery	29.68679	-91.10101
Saint Helens Cemetery	29.78823	-91.70863
Shadyside - Fairfax Cemetery	29.72644	-91.38696
South Bend Cemetery	29.62391	-91.53857
Stirling Cemetery	29.79969	-91.49176

Historical populated places — 1 of 1

Name	Lat	Lon
Netpinunsh	29.88354	-91.55845

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
Fort Bisland	7,066	17.0 km	LA006

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

Historical markers

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