Donaldsonville is the parish seat for Ascension Parish
Geismar is in Ascension Parish
Ascension Parish(70) ► ADJACENT TO ASCENSION PARISH Assumption Parish(14) ► East Baton Rouge Parish(454) ► Iberville Parish(32) ► Livingston Parish(27) ► St. James Parish(28) ► St. John the Baptist Parish(17) ►
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On Ashland Road (State Highway 3251) 0.2 miles east of River Road (State Highway 75), on the right when traveling west.
Once enslaved at Ashland Plantation, became noted 19th century African American jockey. Rode the horse Lecompte to victory over Lexington in 1854 in New Orleans. Inducted into the Louisiana Racing Museum Hall of Fame in 1997. — — Map (db m84995) HM
On Ashland Road (State Highway 3251) 0.2 miles east of River Road (State Highway 75), on the right when traveling west.
Plantation home of Duncan Farrar Kenner, 1813-1887; statesman, lawyer, planter and Confederate minister to France and England in 1864. Home also known as Belle Helene. — — Map (db m96048) HM