Plaquemine
| Plaquemine | |||
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Location in Louisiana
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1775 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Louisiana | ||
| Parish : | Iberville Parish | ||
| Coordinates : | 30 ° 17 ′ N , 91 ° 14 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 7,046 (as of 2013) | ||
| Population density : | 880.8 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 8.0 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 7 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 70764, 70765 | ||
| Area code : | +1 225 | ||
| Website : | www.plaquemine.org | ||
| Mayor : | Mark A. Gulotta | ||
Plaquemine is a city with the status of City and the seat of the county seat in Iberville Parish in the US state of Louisiana with 7046 inhabitants (2013).
geography
Plaquemine is on the west bank of the Mississippi River and 20 kilometers south of central Baton Rouge . The Louisiana Highway 1 runs through the middle of Plaquemine.
history
Native of the area were the Chitimacha -Indianer that the place Plakemine called, which in their language " Kaki (English:" persimmon ) and is referred to the fruit of this plant in the area. French settlers who settled there from 1775 translated the word into Plaquemine . The persimmon fruit is still called Plaqueminier in French today .
In the mid-1800s, Plaquemine developed into a major trading center due to its convenient location on the Mississippi River. The dominant industries were the fishing, timber, oil and gas industries as well as the harvest of persimmon fruits. Since 1835 the place has been the administrative seat of the Iberville Parish. In the 20th century , Dow Chemical, a petrochemical company, opened a manufacturing facility that is still one of the city's main employers today.
Many historically valuable buildings, such as the Iberville Parish Courthouse and St Louis Plantation, are on the list of entries on the National Register of Historic Places in Iberville Parish .
Iberville Parish Courthouse
St. Louis Plantation
Demographic data
In 2013 a population of 7046 people was determined, which corresponds to a decrease of 0.3% compared to 2000. The average age in 2013 was 34.9 years, below the value of Louisianna, which was 36.0 years. 20.1% of today's residents can be traced back to immigrants from France, 5.9% came from Italy and 4.8% from Germany.
sons and daughters of the town
- Frank Fields (1914-2005), jazz musician
- Bobby Freeman (1934-2016), politician
- Samuel Matthews Robertson (1852-1911), politician
- Clarence Williams (1893-1965), jazz pianist
Individual evidence
- ↑ US Postal Service - ZIP Codes
- ↑ usgulfcoaststatesgeotourism
- ↑ History ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ city data
