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Harvey is a census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States. Harvey is on the south side (referred to as the "West Bank") of the Mississippi River , within the New Orleans – Metairie – Kenner metropolitan statistical area .
The eastern border of Woodmere is the Harvey Canal. It is 6 miles (10 km) by air south of downtown New Orleans but 11 miles (18 km) by road. According to the United States Census Bureau , the Woodmere CDP has a total area of 3.9 square miles (10.0 km 2 ), of which 3.7 square miles (9.5 km 2 ) are land and 0.2 square miles (0.5 km 2 ), or 5.03% ...
Gretna is the second-largest city in, and parish seat of, Jefferson Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. [4] [5] Gretna lies on the west bank of the Mississippi River, just east and across the river from uptown New Orleans.
It is bordered to the east by Harvey, to the west by Westwego, and to the north, across the Mississippi, by New Orleans. According to the United States Census Bureau , the Marrero CDP has a total area of 8.6 square miles (22.3 km 2 ), of which 8.0 sq mi (20.6 km 2 ) are land and 0.66 sq mi (1.7 km 2 ), or 7.66%, are water.
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Terrytown is located on the eastern edge of Jefferson Parish at (29.902356, -90.029475 It is bordered to the northeast by New Orleans in Orleans Parish, to the west by Gretna, to the south by Timberlane, and to the southeast by Belle Chasse in Plaquemines Parish.
It was founded under the name Louisiana State Seminary of Learning & Military Academy and was located near Pineville. The first academic session began on January 2, 1860, with General William Tecumseh Sherman of Ohio as superintendent.
River Ridge is located along a 3-mile (5 km) stretch of Jefferson Highway (Louisiana Highway 48).Its boundaries include Harahan to the east, Kenner to the northwest, Metairie to the north, and the Mississippi River to the southwest.