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Parish
History
The Incorporated city limits of New Orleans
is the same as the boundaries of Orleans
Parish.
Unincorporated areas of interest in the
parish include Algiers, Chef Menteur, Green
Ditch, Lake Catherine, Little Woods, Recovery,
Rigolets, Stanton and Venetian
Isles.
A link to articles about the history of New
Orleans/Orleans Parish at
AmericanHistory.com
- 1805: When the Territory of Orleans is
divided into counties the present-day
Washington Parish is part of Spanish West
Florida.
- 1811: (Nov. 4) Representatives from the
County of Orleans to the Constitutional
Convention that adjourns January 28, 1812 -
J. D. Degoutin Bellechasse, J. Blanque, T.
J. LeBreton D'Orgenois, Mgre. Guichard,
Stephen Henderson, Denis Delaronde, F.
Livaudais. Bernard Marigny, Thomas
Urquhart, Jacques Philippe Villere, John
Watkins, Samuel Winter. At this time
The County of Orleans included areas of
present day parishes Jefferson, Plaquemines
and St. Bernard.
- 1828: Fort Pike is completed near
Slidell to defend Rigolets Pass, approach
through Lake Pontchartrain to New Orleans.
Named after Brigadier General Zebulon
Montgomery Pike.
Facts about the Louisiana Purchase
- The Territory: 828,000 square miles
including New Orleans and parts of what
would become 13 states west of the
Mississippi River
- The Price: $15 million
- The Buyer: The United States of
America
- The Seller: France
- The International Principals: Thomas
Jefferson, Napoleon Bonaparte, James
Monroe, Robert Livingston, Francois de
Barbe-Marbois
- The Deal: Negotiated in Paris during
1802 and 1803
- Signing Agreement: April 30, 1803 in
Paris
- Ratified: By the United States Senate
in October, 1803
- Retrocession: From Spain to France
November 30, 1803 in New Orleans
- New Orleans, Louisiana Territory
Principals: Pierre Clement de Laussat,
William Charles Cole Claiborne, General
James Wilkinson
- Transfer from France to the United
States: December 20, 1803 in the Sala
Capitular in the Cabildo located in the
historic French Quarter on Jackson Square
in New Orleans
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