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  2. River Ridge, Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. LaPlace, Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    LaPlace (/ l ə ˈ p l ɑː s / lə-PLAHSS) is a census-designated place (CDP) in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, United States, situated along the east bank of the Mississippi River, in the New Orleans metropolitan area. In 2020, it had a population of 28,841.

  4. Livingston Parish, Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    Louisiana's first execution by electrocution took place in Livingston Parish in September 1941, using the state's unusual traveling electric chair, purpose-built with a generator so it could be used in places like the parish seat that were not yet electrified. [6] [7] During the 2016 Louisiana floods, Livingston Parish was one of the hardest ...

  5. List of freedmen's towns - Wikipedia

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    New York. Eastville, Sag Harbor, New York [10] ... "All-black towns across America: Life was hard but full of promise". Washington Post. References

  6. List of slave owners - Wikipedia

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    This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. The following is a list of notable people who owned other people as slaves, where there is a consensus of historical evidence of slave ownership, in alphabetical order by last name. Part of a series on Forced labour and slavery Contemporary ...

  7. Morgan City, Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    Morgan City is a small city in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, United States, located in the Acadiana region. The population was 11,472 at the 2020 census.Known for being "right in the middle of everywhere", Morgan City is located 68 miles (109 km) southeast of Lafayette, 64 miles (103 km) south of Baton Rouge, and 86 miles (138 km) west of New Orleans.

  8. New Orleans Central Business District - Wikipedia

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    The Central Business District (CBD) is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.. The CBD is a subdistrict of the French Quarter/CBD area. Its boundaries, as defined by the City Planning Commission are Iberville, Decatur and Canal Streets to the north; the Mississippi River to the east; the New Orleans Morial Convention Center, Julia and Magazine Streets, and the ...

  9. Village (United States) - Wikipedia

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    In colonial New England, a village typically formed around the meetinghouses that were located in the center of each town. [1] Many of these colonial settlements still exist as town centers . With the advent of the Industrial Revolution , industrial villages also sprang up around water-powered mills , mines , and factories . [ 1 ]