Plaquemines Parish, LA

Headnote
PLAQUEMINE PARISH, situated at the southeast extremity of Louisiana, on the Gulf of Mexico, including the main embouchure of the Mississippi. Area, 2,500 square miles. Face of the country low and level; soil, where arable, fertile. Seat of justice, Fort Jackson. Pop. in 1810 1,549; in 1820, 2,354; in 1830, 4,489; in 1840, 5,060; in 1850, 7,390. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Louisiana

Plaquemine Parish, Louisiana (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
PLAQUEMINE PARISH, situated at the southeast extremity of Louisiana, on the Gulf of Mexico, including the main embouchure of the Mississippi. Area, 2,500 square miles. Face of the country low and level; soil, where arable, fertile. Seat of justice, Fort Jackson. Pop. in 1810 1,549; in 1820, 2,354; in 1830, 4,489; in 1840, 5,060; in 1850, 7,390.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 295.
Date Type
- Hurricane kills forty-seven people in Louisiana Crime/Disasters
Hurricane strikes Louisiana and Mississippi coasts Crime/Disasters
- In Louisiana, the garrison of Fort Jackson mutinies and the fort surrenders soon after Battles/Soldiers
Union naval units begin a five day bombardment of Fort Jackson on the Mississippi below New Orleans Battles/Soldiers
Union naval units under Commodore Farragut break past Confederate defenses towards New Orleans Battles/Soldiers
Birthplace of
Name Type
Fort Jackson, LA Location or Site
Fort Saint Philip, LA Location or Site
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