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Posted on 8/15/17 at 1:26 pm to roadGator
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You must change your school mascot now. It's not named after an animal. Sorry LSU baws.
Too many tigers in this conference IYAM
Posted on 8/15/17 at 1:26 pm to LSUFreek
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Jefferson Parish was named after Jefferson Davis
Little known fact - so was Jefferson Davis Parish.
Posted on 8/15/17 at 1:26 pm to SlowFlowPro
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wait you live in JDP? you're next door to me
J-town what what
Posted on 8/15/17 at 1:27 pm to REG861
It is unequivocally true that it was named for Thomas Jefferson.
I'm making no comment on whether that is controversial.
I'm making no comment on whether that is controversial.
Posted on 8/15/17 at 1:27 pm to SlowFlowPro
beat me to it.
Posted on 8/15/17 at 1:34 pm to MetArl15
1825 to 1940[edit]
Jefferson Parish was named in honor of US President Thomas Jefferson[3] of Virginia when the parish was established by the Louisiana Legislature on February 11, 1825, a year before Jefferson died. A bronze statue of Jefferson stands at the entrance of the General Government Complex on Derbigny Street at the parish seat in Gretna. The parish seat was in the City of Lafayette, until that city was annexed by New Orleans in 1854.
Originally, this parish was larger than it is today, running from Felicity Street in New Orleans to the St. Charles Parish line. However, as New Orleans grew, it absorbed the cities of Lafayette, Jefferson City, Carrollton, and several unincorporated areas (faubourgs). These became part of Orleans Parish. The present borders between Jefferson Parish and Orleans Parish were set in 1874. The Jefferson Parish seat was moved to Gretna at the same time.[4]
NOTE: The City of Lafayette in Jefferson Parish, as it was recorded in U.S. Census records until 1870, should not be confused with the present city of Lafayette, Louisiana, in Lafayette Parish.
Jefferson Parish was named in honor of US President Thomas Jefferson[3] of Virginia when the parish was established by the Louisiana Legislature on February 11, 1825, a year before Jefferson died. A bronze statue of Jefferson stands at the entrance of the General Government Complex on Derbigny Street at the parish seat in Gretna. The parish seat was in the City of Lafayette, until that city was annexed by New Orleans in 1854.
Originally, this parish was larger than it is today, running from Felicity Street in New Orleans to the St. Charles Parish line. However, as New Orleans grew, it absorbed the cities of Lafayette, Jefferson City, Carrollton, and several unincorporated areas (faubourgs). These became part of Orleans Parish. The present borders between Jefferson Parish and Orleans Parish were set in 1874. The Jefferson Parish seat was moved to Gretna at the same time.[4]
NOTE: The City of Lafayette in Jefferson Parish, as it was recorded in U.S. Census records until 1870, should not be confused with the present city of Lafayette, Louisiana, in Lafayette Parish.
Posted on 8/15/17 at 1:35 pm to uway
you probably know some of my family. my mom's peeps are from there.
Posted on 8/15/17 at 1:36 pm to saints5021
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Louisiana was named after Louis XIV, who was a known warhound...time for the name to go!
Also issued the Code Noir.
Posted on 8/15/17 at 1:38 pm to indianswim
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Save money and just change the story to it being named after George Jefferson. Problem solved.
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