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The state of Louisiana is served by the following area codes: 225, which serves the Baton Rouge area and parts of south central Louisiana. 318, which serves northern Louisiana. 337, which serves southwestern Louisiana. 504, which serves the New Orleans area. 985, which serves the sections of southeast Louisiana which are not within the 504 area ...
Mayor From To Party Notes Angus McNeill: 1836: 1839: None: President of Shreve Town Co. John Octavius Sewall: 1839: 1840: Whig: First Elected Mayor William Walton George, M.D.: 1840
Thibodaux ( / ˈtɪbədoʊ / TIB-ə-doh) is a city in, and the parish seat of, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States, [ 3] along the banks of Bayou Lafourche in the northwestern part of the parish. The population was 15,948 at the 2020 census. [ 4] Thibodaux is a principal city of the Houma – Bayou Cane –Thibodaux metropolitan ...
Gov. Jeff Landry signed a state of emergency Tuesday for the Shreveport-area following the damage and death caused by Tropical Storm Beryl when it swept through northwestern Louisiana Monday.
Cancer Alley is the regional nickname given to an 85-mile (137 km) stretch of land [ 1] along the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, in the River Parishes of Louisiana, which contains over 200 [ 2] petrochemical plants and refineries. [ 3] This area accounts for 25% of the petrochemical production in the United States. [ 4]
Area code 504 as of 1947–1957. Area code 504 is a telephone area code that covers greater New Orleans, Louisiana. Besides New Orleans itself (Orleans Parish), it includes all of St. Bernard and Plaquemines parishes and most of Jefferson Parish . 504 was one of the original area codes created in 1947, and originally covered all of Louisiana.
Orleans Parish: 071: New Orleans: 1807: One of the original 19 parishes. Today coterminous with the City of New Orleans. Named after Philippe, Duke of Orléans, the regent of France 364,136: 350 sq mi (906 km 2) Ouachita Parish: 073: Monroe: 1807: One of the original 19 parishes. The Ouachita Native American people 157,568: 633 sq mi (1,639 km ...
ZIP Code Tabulation Areas. Ethnic groups. United States portal. v. t. e. Louisiana has the fourth lowest per capita income in the United States of America, at $16,912 (2000). Its personal per capita income is $26,100 (2003).