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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
St. James Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat is Convent and As of 2000, the population was 21,216.
History
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St. James is one of the state's nineteen original parishes, created by act of the territorial legislature, March 31, 1807. The original seat of government was the community of St. James, on the west bank of the Mississippi, but this was moved in 1869 to what is now Convent, on the east bank.
St. James is part of the German Coast.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1807 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1809 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1809 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1809 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1810 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1846 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1850 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1810 | 3,955
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| 1820 | 5,660
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| 1830 | 7,646
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| 1840 | 8,548
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| 1850 | 11,098
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| 1860 | 11,499
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| 1870 | 10,152
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| 1880 | 14,714
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| 1890 | 15,715
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| 1900 | 20,197
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| 1910 | 23,009
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| 1920 | 21,228
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| 1930 | 15,338
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| 1940 | 16,596
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| 1950 | 15,334
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| 1960 | 18,369
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| 1970 | 19,733
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| 1980 | 21,495
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| 1990 | 20,879
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Research Tips
External links
www.stjamessla.com/james/index.asp
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