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Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States

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Details for Orleans Parish

NameOrleans Parish
Place TypeParish
Located in
Louisiana, United States
Parish SeatNew Orleans
Coordinates
Latitude 30.0335344 30° 02' 00.7" N
Longitude -89.9500680 89° 57' 00.2" W
Population496,938
Elevation-2 m
Surrounding Parishes, CountyHancock County (Mississippi) NE
Saint Bernard SE
Plaquemines S
Jefferson SW
Saint John the Baptist W
Saint Tammany N
USGS GNIS FeatureID558113
Histopolis Place ID176172319
Updated Apr 15, 2011
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Genealogy Resources for Orleans Parish

10 Resources; Select a Cemetery below for additional resources specific to that Cemetery.
New Orleans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Wikipedia]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orleans_Parish,_Louisiana (3 Aug 2010)

Orleans Parish, Louisiana LA, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk [ePodunk]
Orleans Parish, Louisiana LA, county profile, with sections on demographics, cemeteries, the economy, government, history and politics.
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=3517 (14 Nov 2008)

The Political Graveyard: Orleans Parish, La. [The Political Graveyard]
A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 192,291 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present.
http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR.html#CEM (26 Mar 2009)

Cemetery Records Orleans Parish Archives - LAGENWEB - USGENWEB [USGenWeb Archives]
http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/orleans/cemetery.htm (19 Sep 2009)

Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials [Find A Grave]
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=1144 (11 Sep 2009)

Cemeteries of Orleans  Parish, Cemeteries of Louisiana, Gloria B. Mayfield [Cemeteries of Texas]
http://www.cemeteries-of-tx.com/Louisiana/Orleans/ListOrleans.htm (29 Oct 2007)

Cemeteries in or near Orleans Parish - ePodunk [ePodunk]
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=3517&locTGroup=Cemeteries&direction=down (17 Aug 2009)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Louisiana > Orleans Parish > Cemeteries [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Louisiana > Orleans Parish > Cemeteries
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/LA/OrleansP/cem/ (28 Aug 2009)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Louisiana > Orleans Parish [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Louisiana > Orleans Parish
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/LA/OrleansP/ (15 Feb 2010)

Orleans Parish, Louisiana Cemetery Records [Interment.net]
Cemetery records of Orleans Parish, Louisiana
http://www.interment.net/us/la/orleans.htm (16 May 2010)
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Surveys in Orleans Parish

1 Survey, 5 Ranges, 11 Townships

The Saint Helena Meridian survey governs land descriptions in all or part of Orleans Parish. You can navigate to any of the 11 survey townships that overlap Orleans Parish using the navigation tool below.

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Cities of Orleans Parish

1 City, 56 Unincorporated Places (u.p.) (Unincorporated Place (u.p.) is assumed unless noted)
AlgiersAurora GardensBarrington ParkCamp Leroy Johnson
CarrolltonChef MenteurCutoffEast Gentilly
Faubourg MarignyFerncrestForest IsleGarden District
GentillyGentilly TerraceGentilly WoodsGreens Ditch
GreenvilleHuntington ParkIdlewoodKingswood
Lafayette (historical u.p.)Lake CarmelLake CatherineLake Forest
Lake OaksLake TerraceLakeshore EastLakeshore West
LakeviewLakewood Country Club EstatesLittle WoodsLower Garden District
MichoudMilneburg (historical u.p.)MilneburgNew Orleans (city)
Parc D'Orleans Number 2 Mobile Home ParkPike FortPine VillagePlace De Concorde
Pontchartrain BeachRigoletsSeabrookSeabrook
South PointSpanish FortStantonStoryville
Tall TimbersTamaronTimber GroveVenetian Isles
Vieux CarreVillage de L'EstWest EndWest Lake
Willow Brook

Cemeteries of Orleans Parish

27 Cemeteries, 4 Alternate Names (*) (Cemetery is assumed unless noted)
Ahavas SholemBrown Memorial ParkCarrolltonCharity Hospital
FiremensFiremensGirod (historical cemetery)Greenwood
Hebrew RestHoltHughesJewish
JewishLafayette Cemetery Number 1Lafayette Cemetery Number 2Lake Lawn Park
Lincoln (historical cemetery)MandevilleMasonicMetairie
OliverResthaven Memorial ParkSaint Louis Cemetery Number 3Saint Roch
Saint VincentSaint Vincent De PaulSt. Louis Cemetery Number 3 (*)St. Roch (*)
St. Vincent (*)St. Vincent De Paul (*)Valient

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