| LC control no. | n 82204607 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Orleans Parish (La.) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Louisiana--Orleans Parish |
| Variant(s) | Orleans Parish, La. Parish of Orleans (La.) Parish of New Orleans (La.) Paroisse d'Orléans (La.) |
| See also | New Orleans (La.) |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Louisiana Lafayette (New Orleans, La.) Algiers (New Orleans, La.) |
| Found in | Orleans Parish poll tax rolls, 1869-1870, c1996: t.p. (Orleans Parish) Rules of the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, 1925?: t.p. (Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana) GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (adm2; 30°02ʹ01ʺN 089°57ʹ00ʺW) Deposition of Richard McFarland made before Mayor James Mather, New Orleans, 1810, viewed online 14 November 2017 (City & Parish of New Orleans) Contract between Mayor James Mather, New Orleans, and Jean Baptiste de Gruys to provide wood blocks for the slaughterhouse, 1810, viewed online 14 November 2017: page 1 (Cité & paroisse d'Orléans) See New Orleans website, 14 November 2017: Government (The city of New Orleans and the parish of Orleans operate as a merged city-parish government. Before the city of New Orleans became co-extensive with Orleans Parish, Orleans Parish was home to numerous smaller communities. The original city of New Orleans was composed of what are now the 1st through 9th wards. The city of Lafayette (including the Garden District) was added in 1852 as the 10th and 11th wards. In 1870, Jefferson City, including Faubourg Bouligny and much of the Audubon and University areas, was annexed as the 12th, 13th, and 14th wards. Algiers, on the west bank of the Mississippi, was also annexed in 1870, becoming the 15th ward. Four years later, Orleans Parish became coextensive with the city of New Orleans when the city of Carrollton was annexed as the 16th and 17th wards) Wikipedia, 7 December 2017: New Orleans (New Orleans; French: La Nouvelle-Orléans; the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana; the city and Orleans Parish (French: paroisse d'Orléans) are coterminous; 29° 57ʹ 0ʺ N, 90° 4ʹ 0ʺ W; 29.95 [N], -90.066667 [W]) |
| Geographic area code | n-us-la |
| Associated language | eng fre |
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