Jefferson Parish, Louisiana

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 56. Chapters: Metairie, Louisiana, Shrewsbury, Louisiana, Avondale, Louisiana, Grand Isle, Louisiana, Gretna, Louisiana, Kenner, Louisiana, Jefferson, Louisiana, Bridge City, Louisiana, River Ridge, Louisiana, Elmwood, Louisiana, Barataria, Louisiana, Westwego, Louisiana, Terrytown, Louisiana, Marrero, Louisiana, Harahan, Louisiana, Harvey, Louisiana, Estelle, Louisiana, Woodmere, Louisiana, Waggaman, Louisiana, Lafitte, Louisiana, Timberlane, Louisiana, Jean Lafitte, Louisiana, Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, Louisiana's 2nd congressional district, Louisiana's 1st congressional district, Archbishop Rummel High School, Archbishop Shaw High School, 17th Street Canal, Jefferson Parish Public Schools, Mosca's, Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, National Register of Historic Places listings in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, Archbishop Blenk High School, Fort Livingston, Louisiana, The Academy of Our Lady, L'Express Airlines, Jefferson Parish Library, Diamond Offshore Drilling, New Orleans - Metairie - Bogalusa combined statistical area, Sauvé's Crevasse, East Jefferson High School, Lafreniere Park, Riverdale High School, Pontiff Playground, Barataria Bay, Camp Harahan, Pelican Publishing Company, Bayou Segnette State Park, Pride Air, Ochsner Medical Center, Alfred Bonnabel High School, Superior Energy Services, McDonogh, Louisiana, Grand Isle State Park, Shrewsbury Cemetery, Camp Parapet, TPC of Louisiana, St. Martin's Episcopal School, Harvey Tunnel, Alario Center, Lake Salvador, Veterans Memorial Boulevard, Duncan Canal, Lake Catouatchie, Tulane-Lakeside Hospital, Ochsner Medical Center - Kenner, Ochsner Medical Center - West Bank. Excerpt: Jefferson Parish (French: Paroisse de Jefferson) is a parish in Louisiana, United States that includes most of the suburbs of New Orleans. The seat of parish government is Gretna. According to the 2010 census, Jefferson had a population of 432,552. Metropolitan New Orleans, a seven-parish area which includes Jefferson, is the largest metropolitan area in the state. Jefferson Parish is considered part of the Greater New Orleans Area. Jefferson Parish was less affected by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and has rebounded at a more rapid pace than neighboring Orleans Parish. A population estimate conducted in July 2007 by the Louisiana Recovery Authority put Jefferson at 440,339 residents, or 98% of its 2000 total, making it in 2007 the most populous parish in the state. As of the 2010 census, East Baton Rouge Parish is the most populous parish in Louisiana. Jefferson Parish was named in honor of U. S. President Thomas Jefferson of Virginia when the parish was established by the Louisiana Legislature on February 11, 1825, a year before Jefferson died. A bronze statue of Jefferson stands at the entrance of the General Government Complex on Derbigny Street at the parish seat in Gretna. The parish seat was in the City of Lafayette, until that city was annexed by New Orleans in 1874. Originally, this parish was larger than it is today, running from Felicity Street in New Orleans to the St. Charles Parish line. However, as New Orleans grew, it absorbed the cities of Lafayette, Jefferson, Carrollton and several unincorporated areas (faubourgs). These became part of Orleans Parish. The present borders between Jefferson Parish and Orleans Parish were set in 1874. The Jefferson Parish seat was moved to Gretna at the same time. Note: The "City of Lafayette" in Jefferson Parish, as it...