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Why is St. Gabriel in Iberville parish?
Posted on 5/27/19 at 8:01 pm
Posted on 5/27/19 at 8:01 pm
St Gabriel should be in east Baton Rouge or ascension parish. I’m sure money had to do with it a long time ago being that is the only piece of land on this side of the river while iberville is on the other side.
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Posted on 5/27/19 at 8:03 pm to Byrdybyrd05
Used to be easier to cross a river than it was to drive down a non existent I10.
Posted on 5/27/19 at 8:05 pm to Byrdybyrd05
Probably something to do with Parish control of the Ferry and the few plants that are or once were there.
Posted on 5/27/19 at 8:06 pm to Byrdybyrd05
We don’t want it.
Posted on 5/27/19 at 8:11 pm to Byrdybyrd05
There’s some clear vestiges in (likely) old LA laws and needs when it comes to Parish boundaries. The AP and IBV having east and west banks is one example. The other is EF having Miss River frontage.
Posted on 5/27/19 at 8:52 pm to Byrdybyrd05
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St Gabriel should be in east Baton Rouge or ascension parish.
Write a letter.
Posted on 5/27/19 at 8:55 pm to Byrdybyrd05
Why is Grand Isle in Jefferson Parish?
Posted on 5/27/19 at 9:00 pm to Byrdybyrd05
Probably something to do with historic French/British/Spanish/German settlements from hundreds of years ago.
Posted on 5/27/19 at 9:30 pm to Byrdybyrd05
they should re-draw parish boundaries whenever transportation technology changes
Posted on 5/27/19 at 9:32 pm to Fight4LSU
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Why is Grand Isle in Jefferson Parish?
Jefferson Parish used to reach down as far southward as Grand Isle before coastal erosion began to kick in after the levees were built...
Posted on 5/27/19 at 9:44 pm to Fight4LSU
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Why is Grand Isle in Jefferson Parish?
This is the real question
Posted on 5/27/19 at 9:52 pm to Fight4LSU
Jeff Parish is huge. People think of it as Metairie, but it includes a ton on both banks near nola and then south to include GI and Lafitte.
Posted on 5/27/19 at 9:53 pm to Byrdybyrd05
I'm not sure who or why the lines were drawn the way they were back then BUT water ways were the way they traveled so it was no big deal.
Of note: Donaldsonville should be St. James or Iberville instead of Ascension.
Of note: Donaldsonville should be St. James or Iberville instead of Ascension.
Posted on 5/27/19 at 9:54 pm to Byrdybyrd05
Not sure, but most people don’t realize Iberville is a parish that borders the bottom of East Baton Rouge parish.
Posted on 5/27/19 at 11:19 pm to Byrdybyrd05
The river changed its direction????
Posted on 5/28/19 at 3:13 am to Byrdybyrd05
So Iberville can have a ferry
Posted on 5/28/19 at 6:10 am to Byrdybyrd05
Why is St. Martin Parish split in two by Iberia?
Posted on 5/28/19 at 6:45 am to Fight4LSU
St. James, St. John, and St. Charles all cross the river too - with plants on both sides...
Posted on 5/28/19 at 6:51 am to Byrdybyrd05
Being from St. Gabriel, I always wondered about that myself. I’m sure it made things tricky when they decided to close North Iberville HS. Kids literally drive past 2 WBR high schools to get to school lol. If St. Gabriel was in a different parish, maybe they could have kept that school open?
Posted on 5/28/19 at 7:36 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
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Tchefuncte Tiger
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Why is St. Martin Parish split in two by Iberia?
The Louisiana Legislature created Iberia Parish in 1868. Surveyor made a large error while laying it’s dimensions out and it wasn’t readily discovered until after the fact.
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