St. John the Baptist Parish, LA

Headnote
SAINT JOHN BAPTIST PARISH, situated In the southeast part of Louisiana, with Lakes Maurepas and Ponchartrain on the northwest and east Lake Allemande on the south, and traversed by Mississippi river. Area, 260 square miles. Seat of justice, St. John Baptist Parish c. h. Pop. in 1820, 3,854; in 1830, 5,700; in 1840, 5,776; in 1850, 7,317. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Louisiana

Saint John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
SAINT JOHN BAPTIST PARISH, situated In the southeast part of Louisiana, with Lakes Maurepas and Ponchartrain on the northwest and east Lake Allemande on the south, and traversed by Mississippi river. Area, 260 square miles. Seat of justice, St. John Baptist Parish c. h. Pop. in 1820, 3,854; in 1830, 5,700; in 1840, 5,776; in 1850, 7,317.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 320.
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