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Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana

Index Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana

Plaquemines Parish (French: Paroisse de Plaquemine, Louisiana French: Paroisse des Plaquemines) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. [1]

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.

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Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was an American soldier and statesman who served as the seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837.

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Atakapa

The Atakapa Sturtevant, 659 are an indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands, who spoke the Atakapa language and historically lived along the Gulf of Mexico.

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Barataria Bay

Barataria Bay, also Barrataria Bay, is a bay of the Gulf of Mexico, about 15 miles (24 km) long and 12 miles (19 km) wide, in southeastern Louisiana, in Jefferson Parish and Plaquemines Parish, United States.

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Battle of New Orleans

The Battle of New Orleans was a series of engagements fought between December 14, 1814 and January 18, 1815, constituting the last major battle of the War of 1812.

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Bayou

In usage in the United States, a bayou (or, from Cajun French) is a body of water typically found in a flat, low-lying area, and can be either an extremely slow-moving stream or river (often with a poorly defined shoreline), or a marshy lake or wetland.

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Bed and breakfast

A bed and breakfast (typically shortened to B&B or BnB) is a small lodging establishment that offers overnight accommodation and breakfast.

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Belle Chasse, Louisiana

Belle Chasse is a census-designated place (CDP) in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States, on the West Bank of the Mississippi River.

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Bill Clinton

William Jefferson Clinton (born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001.

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Billy Nungesser

William Harold Nungesser (born January 10, 1959), is an American politician serving as the 54th and current Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana, since January 11, 2016.

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Bohemia, Louisiana

Bohemia is a small unincorporated community located in the delta of the Mississippi River in the parish of Plaquemines, Louisiana, United States.

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Boothville, Louisiana

Boothville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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Boothville-Venice, Louisiana

Boothville-Venice is a former census-designated place (CDP) in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States, which includes the unincorporated communities of Boothville, Venice, and Orchid.

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Braithwaite, Louisiana

Braithwaite is an unincorporated community in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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Breton National Wildlife Refuge

Breton National Wildlife Refuge is located in southeastern Louisiana in the offshore Breton Islands and Chandeleur Islands.

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Buras, Louisiana

Buras is a census-designated place (CDP) in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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Buras-Triumph, Louisiana

Buras-Triumph is an unincorporated community in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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Burrwood, Louisiana

Burrwood was a community located near the far south end of the delta of the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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Caernarvon, Louisiana

Caernarvon is an unincorporated community in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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Carlisle, Louisiana

Carlisle is an unincorporated community in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population.

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Civil Rights Act of 1964

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark civil rights and US labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

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Class action

A class action, class suit, or representative action is a type of lawsuit where one of the parties is a group of people who are represented collectively by a member of that group.

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Confederate States of America

The Confederate States of America (CSA or C.S.), commonly referred to as the Confederacy, was an unrecognized country in North America that existed from 1861 to 1865.

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County seat

A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish.

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Creole language

A creole language, or simply creole, is a stable natural language developed from a mixture of different languages at a fairly sudden point in time: often, a pidgin transitioned into a full, native language.

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Dalcour, Louisiana

Dalcour is an unincorporated community in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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Dan Alexander (offensive lineman)

Dan Lamar Alexander (born June 17, 1955) is a former offensive tackle and guard who played thirteen seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Jets.

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Davant, Louisiana

Davant is an unincorporated community located in the delta of the Mississippi River in the parish of Plaquemines, Louisiana, United States.

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Delta National Wildlife Refuge

The Delta National Wildlife Refuge is located east of Venice, Louisiana along the Mississippi River.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party (nicknamed the GOP for Grand Old Party).

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Dixiecrat

The States' Rights Democratic Party (usually called the Dixiecrats) was a short-lived segregationist political party in the United States.

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Duvic, Louisiana

Duvic is an unincorporated community in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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Dynamite

Dynamite is an explosive made of nitroglycerin, sorbents (such as powdered shells or clay) and stabilizers.

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Empire, Louisiana

Empire is a census-designated place (CDP) in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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Ernest Wooton

Ernest Durham Wooton (born October 28, 1941) is a former sheriff of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, and a former Independent member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from the 105th district.

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Florida

Florida (Spanish for "land of flowers") is the southernmost contiguous state in the United States.

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Fort De La Boulaye Site

Fort De La Boulaye Site, also known as Fort Mississippi, is the site of a fort built by the French in 1699–1700, to support their claim of the Mississippi River and valley.

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Fort Jackson, Louisiana

Fort Jackson is an historic masonry fort located some up river from the mouth of the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.

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Fort St. Philip

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French language

French (le français or la langue française) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.

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Grand Ecaille, Louisiana

Grande Ecaille is an unincorporated community located in the parish of Plaquemines, Louisiana, United States.

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Grand Isle, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana

Grand Isle is an unincorporated community within the Mississippi River Delta, in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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Great Mississippi Flood of 1927

The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 was the most destructive river flood in the history of the United States, with inundated up to a depth of.

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Gulf of Mexico

The Gulf of Mexico (Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, largely surrounded by the North American continent.

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Hawaii

Hawaii (Hawaii) is the 50th and most recent state to have joined the United States, having received statehood on August 21, 1959.

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Head of Passes

Head of Passes is where the main stem of the Mississippi River branches off into three distinct directions at its mouth in the Gulf of Mexico: Southwest Pass (west), Pass A Loutre (east) and South Pass (centre).

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Hurricane Betsy

Hurricane Betsy was an intense and destructive tropical cyclone that brought widespread damage to areas of Florida and the central United States Gulf Coast in September 1965.

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Hurricane Camille

Hurricane Camille was the second-most intense tropical cyclone to strike the United States on record.

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Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina was an extremely destructive and deadly Category 5 hurricane that caused catastrophic damage along the Gulf coast from central Florida to Texas, much of it due to the storm surge and levee failure.

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Intermodal container

An intermodal container is a large standardized shipping container, designed and built for intermodal freight transport, meaning these containers can be used across different modes of transport – from ship to rail to truck – without unloading and reloading their cargo.

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Ironton, Louisiana

Ironton is an unincorporated community in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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Jefferson Parish, Louisiana

Jefferson Parish (French: Paroisse de Jefferson) is a parish in the state of Louisiana.

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Jesuit Bend, Louisiana

Jesuit Bend is an unincorporated community in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States, on the West Bank of the Mississippi River.

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La Balize, Louisiana

La Balize, Louisiana, was a French fort and settlement near the mouth of the Mississippi River, in what later became Plaquemines Parish.

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Leander Perez

Leander Henry Perez Sr. (July 16, 1891 – March 19, 1969), was the Democratic political boss of Plaquemines and St. Bernard parishes in southeastern Louisiana during the middle third of the 20th century.

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Levee

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Libertarian Party of Louisiana

The Libertarian Party of Louisiana (LPL) is the Louisiana affiliate of the Libertarian Party.

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Louis Berry

Louis Berry (October 9, 1914 – May 3, 1998) was the first African American permitted to practice law in his native formerly segregated city of Alexandria in Rapides Parish in Central Louisiana.

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Louisiana

Louisiana is a state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Louisiana French

Louisiana French (français de la Louisiane, Louisiana Creole: françé la lwizyàn), also known as Cajun French (français cadien/français cadjin) is a variety of the French language spoken traditionally in colonial Lower Louisiana but as of today it is primarily used in the U.S. state of Louisiana, specifically in the southern parishes, though substantial minorities exist in southeast Texas as well.

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Louisiana Highway 23

Louisiana Highway 23 (LA 23) is a north–south state highway in Louisiana that serves Plaquemines and Jefferson Parishes.

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Louisiana Highway 39

Louisiana Highway 39 (LA 39) is a state highway in Louisiana that serves Orleans, St. Bernard, and Plaquemines Parishes.

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Lynn Dean

Lynn B. Dean (born December 22, 1923) is a boat manufacturer from St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, who served from 1996 to 2004 as a Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate for District 1 (Jefferson, Plaquemines, and St. Bernard parishes).

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Mansion

A mansion is a large dwelling house.

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Marriage

Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a socially or ritually recognised union between spouses that establishes rights and obligations between those spouses, as well as between them and any resulting biological or adopted children and affinity (in-laws and other family through marriage).

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Martial law

Martial law is the imposition of direct military control of normal civilian functions of government, especially in response to a temporary emergency such as invasion or major disaster, or in an occupied territory. Martial law can be used by governments to enforce their rule over the public.

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Metairie, Louisiana

Metairie (French: Métairie) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States and is a major section of the New Orleans Metropolitan Area.

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Milburn E. Calhoun

Milburn Eugene Calhoun (January 15, 1930 – January 7, 2012) was a physician, philanthropist, and book publisher from New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Mississippi River

The Mississippi River is the chief river of the second-largest drainage system on the North American continent, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system.

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Mississippi River Delta

The Mississippi River Delta region is a 3-million-acre (12,000 km2) area of land that stretches from Vermilion Bay on the west, to the Chandeleur Islands in the Gulf of Mexico on the southeastern coast of Louisiana.

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National Historic Landmark

A National Historic Landmark (NHL) is a building, district, object, site, or structure that is officially recognized by the United States government for its outstanding historical significance.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance.

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.

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New Orleans

New Orleans (. Merriam-Webster.; La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana.

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New Orleans metropolitan area

New Orleans–Metairie Metropolitan Statistical Area, or the Greater New Orleans Region (as it is often called by the Louisiana Tourism Commission) is a metropolitan area designated by the United States Census encompassing eight parishes (the Louisiana equivalent of other states' counties) in the state of Louisiana, centering on the city of New Orleans.

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Parish (administrative division)

A parish is an administrative division used by several countries.

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Per capita income

Per capita income or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year.

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Persimmon

The persimmon (sometimes spelled persimon) is the edible fruit of a number of species of trees in the genus Diospyros.

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Phoenix, Louisiana

Phoenix is an unincorporated community in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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Pilottown, Louisiana

Pilottown (or Pilot Town) is an unincorporated community in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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Plaquemines Parish School Board

Plaquemines Parish School Board (PPSB) is a school district headquartered in unincorporated Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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Plaquemines Port

The Port of Plaquemines is one of the largest seaports in the United States.

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Pointe à la Hache, Louisiana

Pointe à la Hache is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated community in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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Political boss

A boss, in politics, is a person who controls a unit of a political party, although he/she may not hold political office.

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Population density

Population density (in agriculture: standing stock and standing crop) is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume; it is a quantity of type number density.

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Port Eads, Louisiana

Port Eads is located at the southern tip of the Mississippi River, also known as South Pass, in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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Port Sulphur, Louisiana

Port Sulphur is a census-designated place (CDP) on the West Bank of the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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Poverty threshold

The poverty threshold, poverty limit or poverty line is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country.

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Race and ethnicity in the United States Census

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, defined by the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin (the only categories for ethnicity).

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Racial segregation

Racial segregation is the separation of people into racial or other ethnic groups in daily life.

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Renewable resource

A renewable resource is a natural resource which replenishes to overcome resource depletion caused by usage and consumption, either through biological reproduction or other naturally recurring processes in a finite amount of time in a human time scale.

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP (abbreviation for Grand Old Party), is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being its historic rival, the Democratic Party.

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Southern Comfort

Southern Comfort (often abbreviated SoCo) is an American whiskey-based liqueur flavored with fruit and spice.

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St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana

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Storm surge

A storm surge, storm flood or storm tide is a coastal flood or tsunami-like phenomenon of rising water commonly associated with low pressure weather systems (such as tropical cyclones and strong extratropical cyclones), the severity of which is affected by the shallowness and orientation of the water body relative to storm path, as well as the timing of tides.

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Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population.

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Third party (United States)

Third party is a term used in the United States for American political parties other than the Republican and Democratic parties.

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Tidal power

Tidal power or tidal energy is a form of hydropower that converts the energy obtained from tides into useful forms of power, mainly electricity.

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Triumph, Louisiana

Triumph (Ville de Triomphe) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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U.S. state

A state is a constituent political entity of the United States.

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United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau (USCB; officially the Bureau of the Census, as defined in Title) is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy.

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United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey (USGS, formerly simply Geological Survey) is a scientific agency of the United States government.

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United States presidential election in Louisiana, 1912

The 1912 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 5, 1912, as part of the 1912 United States presidential election.

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United States presidential election in Louisiana, 1948

The 1948 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election.

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United States presidential election in Louisiana, 1952

The 1952 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election.

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United States presidential election in Louisiana, 1956

The 1956 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election.

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United States presidential election in Louisiana, 1960

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United States presidential election in Louisiana, 1964

The 1964 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 3, 1964, as part of the 1964 United States presidential election.

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United States presidential election in Louisiana, 1968

The United States presidential election in Louisiana, 1968 was held on November 5, 1968.

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United States presidential election in Louisiana, 1972

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United States presidential election in Louisiana, 1976

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United States presidential election in Louisiana, 1980

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United States presidential election in Louisiana, 1984

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United States presidential election in Louisiana, 1988

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United States presidential election in Louisiana, 1992

The 1992 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 7, 1992, as part of the 1992 United States presidential election.

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United States presidential election in Louisiana, 1996

The 1996 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 5, 1996.

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United States presidential election in Louisiana, 2000

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United States presidential election in Louisiana, 2004

The 2004 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 2, 2004, and was part of the 2004 United States presidential election.

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United States presidential election in Louisiana, 2008

The 2008 United States presidential election in Louisiana which took place on November 4, 2008, was part of the 2008 United States presidential election.

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United States presidential election in Louisiana, 2012

The 2012 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated.

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United States presidential election in Louisiana, 2016

The 2016 United States presidential election in Louisiana was won by Donald Trump on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated.

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United States presidential election, 1916

The United States presidential election of 1916 was the 33rd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 7, 1916.

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United States presidential election, 1920

The United States presidential election of 1920 was the 34th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 2, 1920.

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United States presidential election, 1924

The United States presidential election of 1924 was the 35th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 4, 1924.

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United States presidential election, 1928

The United States presidential election of 1928 was the 36th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 6, 1928.

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United States presidential election, 1932

The United States presidential election of 1932 was the thirty-seventh quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 1932.

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United States presidential election, 1936

The United States presidential election of 1936 was the thirty-eighth quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 1936.

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United States presidential election, 1940

The United States presidential election of 1940 was the 39th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 5, 1940.

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United States presidential election, 1944

The United States presidential election of 1944 was the 40th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 7, 1944.

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Venice, Louisiana

Venice is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting.

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War of 1812

The War of 1812 was a conflict fought between the United States, the United Kingdom, and their respective allies from June 1812 to February 1815.

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West Pointe à la Hache, Louisiana

West Pointe à la Hache is an unincorporated community in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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William "Billy" Nungesser

William Aicklen Nungesser (September 30, 1929 – January 21, 2006), was a leader of the Republican Party in the formerly traditionally Democratic state of Louisiana during much of the latter 20th century.

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Wind power

Wind power is the use of air flow through wind turbines to mechanically power generators for electricity.

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Woodland Plantation (West Pointe a la Hache, Louisiana)

Woodland Plantation, in West Pointe à la Hache, Louisiana, is the mansion depicted in A Home on the Mississippi, an 1871 lithograph which later was licensed for use on the label of Southern Comfort after Prohibition ended. Privately owned, it has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1998. It is operated as a bed and breakfast. It is located at 21997 Louisiana Highway 23 in West Pointe à la Hache, in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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1915 New Orleans hurricane

The New Orleans Hurricane of 1915 was an intense Category 4 hurricane that made landfall near Grand Isle, Louisiana during the 1915 Atlantic hurricane season.

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2010 United States Census

The 2010 United States Census (commonly referred to as the 2010 Census) is the twenty-third and most recent United States national census.

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Plaquemines, Plaquemines County, Plaquemines Parish, Plaquemines Parish, LA, Plaquemines, Louisiana.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaquemines_Parish,_Louisiana

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