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Lutcher is a town in St. James Parish, Louisiana, United States, on the east bank of the Mississippi River. It is part of the New Orleans Metropolitan Area . The population was 3,559 at the 2010 U.S. census, and 3,127 at the 2020 population estimates program. The town of Lutcher was damaged on August 29, 2005 when Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast. [edit] History
Lutcher was established as a sawmill town, named after Henry J. Lutcher who was a sawmill operator and businessman. Lutcher is also where James Mather and his family established a sugar plantation, and where Mather died in 1821. The Bank of Lutcher was organized by George H. Jones, M. D., son of Dr. John Welch Jones. It is the birthplace of early jazz clarinetist Leon Roppolo. [edit] Research Tips
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