Donaldsonville, Louisiana

Ascension Parish

22-21240

Donaldsonville is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) and the administrative seat of Ascension Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. In 2010, Donaldsonville had 7436 inhabitants.

Donaldsonville is part of the metropolitan area around the city of Baton Rouge.

Geography

Donaldsonville is located in the central southeastern Louisiana, on the right bank of the Mississippi and at the northwest end of the Bayou Lafourche. The geographical coordinates are 30 ° 06'00 " north latitude and 90 ° 59'39 " west longitude. The city covers an area of ​​6.5 km ².

Towns nearby Donaldsonville are Gonzales (27,4 km to the north), Sorrento (23,3 km northeast), Bellerose (9,1 km southwest), White Castle (17,1 km west-northwest ).

The nearest large towns are ( 64.5 km upstream in north- west ) and largest city of Louisiana New Orleans ( 99.3 km downstream to the east ) Louisiana's capital Baton Rouge.

Traffic

In the city of Donaldsonville Louisiana Highways 1 hit, 18 and 308 together. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and urban roads.

Through Donaldsonville runs a leading along the Mississippi railroad line of the Union Pacific Railroad.

With the Louisiana Regional Airport is located 21.1 km north-northeast a small airfield. The next airports are the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport ( 77.3 km NNW ) and the larger Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport ( 80.5 km to the east).

Population

According to the census in 2010 lived in Donaldsonville 7436 people in 2681 households. The population density was 1144 people per square kilometer. In the 2681 households lived statistically 2.73 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 22.9 percent white, 76.0 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 0.9 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

29.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.9 percent were 65 years or older. 54.5 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 32,131. The per capita income was $ 17,141. 31.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Memorable people

  • Henry Johnson (1783-1864) - U.S. Congressman and fifth governor of Louisiana - practiced for several years as an attorney in Donaldsonville
  • Plas Johnson ( * 1931) - Saxophonist - born in Donaldsonville
  • Joseph Aristide Landry (1817-1881) - 1851-1853 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives - born and died in Donalsonville
  • Dave Nelson (1905-1946) - jazz musician - born in Donaldsonville
  • Francis T. Nicholls (1834-1912) - 28th Governor of Louisiana - born in Donaldsonville
  • Miles Taylor (1805-1873 - 1855-1861 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives - practiced for several years as an attorney in Donaldsonville
  • Edward Douglass White (1795-1847) - U.S. Congressman and tenth Governor of Louisiana - Practiced for several years as an attorney in Donaldsonville
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