Edgard is the parish seat for St. John the Baptist Parish
Laplace is in St. John the Baptist Parish
St. John the Baptist Parish(17) ► ADJACENT TO ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH Ascension Parish(70) ► Jefferson Parish(96) ► Lafourche Parish(71) ► Livingston Parish(27) ► St. Charles Parish(19) ► St. James Parish(28) ► Tangipahoa Parish(32) ►
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On East Fifth Street (State Highway 628) near Cardinal Street, on the left when traveling south.
The first bloodshed in
the 1811 Slave Revolt
Occurred within the
walls of 1811 Kid Ory
Historic House. The
room where the initial
unrest likely happened
is furnished as it
would have looked in
1811. Exhibits telling
more of the story . . . — — Map (db m200719) HM
On West 5th Street (State Highway 44) 0.1 miles north of Main Street, on the right when traveling north.
Armand Montz Sr., 1887~1968. Built ice & packing plant in 1914; remodeled in 1930s. Packed & shipped vegetables to various parts of the U.S. Frozen food industry pioneer. His plant was important factor in local economy. — — Map (db m85244) HM
On East Airline Highway (U.S. 61) 0.2 miles east of Louisiana Highway 3127, on the right when traveling south.
In 1871 on this bonnet-shaped curve of the Mississippi River a disastrous break in the levee cut a wide channel to Lake Pontchartrain. Crevasse closed in 1883. Bonnet Carré Spillway completed in 1932. — — Map (db m85245) HM
Near West Airline Highway (U.S. 61) 0.1 miles east of Percy Hebert Road, on the right when traveling south.
Found in Lake Pontchartrain in St. John the Baptist Parish, one-half mile from Ruddock in 1977. Used as a one-gun battery to guard the railroad along the western side of the lake. It never came under attack. — — Map (db m85762) HM
On Airline Highway (U.S. 61) east of Percy Herbert Road, on the right when traveling south.
Town of LAPLACE named when a railroad stop was established on the Bazile Laplace plantation in 1883. Post office followed in 1887.It was first named Eugenia, then re-named LAPLACE in 1892. — — Map (db m85242) HM
On Airline Highway (U.S. 61) at Main Street (Louisiana Highway 44), on the right when traveling south on Airline Highway.
Acquired in 1793 & 1808 by Manuel Andry, a commandant of the German Coast. Major 1811 slave uprising organized here. Ory Bros. & A. Lasseigne were last owners of plantation. Its subdivision in 1923 spurred the growth of LAPLACE. — — Map (db m85243) HM