Hahnville is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

(CDP) in and the

parish seat A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish. The term is in use in Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, Taiwan, and the United States. The equivalent term shire town is used in the US st ...

St. Charles Parish St. Charles Parish (french: Paroisse de Saint-Charles) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. At the 2020 census, its population was 52,549. The parish seat is Hahnville and the most populous community is Luling. The parish was ...

Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...

, United States. The population was 2,792 at the 2000 census and 2,959 in 2020. For information on the origin of Hahnville, see

Michael Hahn George Michael Decker Hahn (November 24, 1830 – March 15, 1886), was an attorney, politician, publisher and planter in New Orleans, Louisiana. He served twice in Congress during two widely separated periods, elected first as a Unionist Democr ...

(1830–1886).

Geography

Hahnville is located at (29.967081, -90.410129). According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and (11.79%) is water.

History

In the second half of the 19th century, the village of Hahnville was established by

, 19th Governor of Louisiana, near his plantation in St. Charles Parish where he had been living since his retirement in 1872.

Demographics

2020 census

As of the

2020 United States census The United States census of 2020 was the twenty-fourth decennial United States census. Census Day, the reference day used for the census, was April 1, 2020. Other than a pilot study during the 2000 census, this was the first U.S. census to of ...

, there were 2,959 people, 1,354 households, and 897 families residing in the CDP.

Education

St. Charles Parish Public School System operates public schools: *

Hahnville High School Hahnville High School is a public high school located in Boutte, Louisiana, United States. It is part of the St. Charles Parish Public School System, serving grades 9 through 12. J.B. Martin and R.K. Smith Middle Schools are the feeder schools fo ...

in Boutte, on the west bank of the Mississippi River.Hahnville High School

Archive
. AdvancED. p. 4/9. Retrieved on December 3, 2016. "Hahnville High School services all students on the west bank of the Mississippi River in St. Charles Parish, including the communities of Ama, Boutte, Hahnville, Luling, Paradis, Des Allemands.

Notable people

LaRon Byrd LaRon Byrd (born August 18, 1989) is a former American football wide receiver. After going undrafted in 2012, he was signed by the Arizona Cardinals. He has also been a member of the Dallas Cowboys, Cleveland Browns, Miami Dolphins, Atlanta F ...

– NFL wide receiver *

Jack Carey Jack Carey (1889 – 1934) was an American jazz trombonist and the leader of the Crescent City Orchestra. The authorship of the famous ''Tiger Rag'' tune is attributed to him by some. During his career, he performed with Sidney Bechet Si ...

, jazz trombonist *

Mutt Carey Thomas "Papa Mutt" Carey (September 17, 1891 – September 3, 1948) was an American jazz trumpeter. Early life Carey was born in Hahnville, Louisiana,Kernfedl, Barry, ed. ''The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz''. Macmillan, 1994. p. 185. and mov ...

– jazz trumpeter *

– 19th-century state judge, governor and U.S. representative *

Mary Ann Vial Lemmon Mary Ann Vial Lemmon (born 1941) is a United States federal judge, Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Education and career Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Lemmon attende ...

– U.S. federal judge *

Herb Simpson Herbert Harold Simpson (August 29, 1920 – January 7, 2015) was an American baseball player in the Negro leagues. He played for the Seattle Steelheads in the West Coast Negro Baseball League. He also played for the Birmingham Black Barons and th ...

, Negro league and minor league baseball player

References

{{authority control Census-designated places in Louisiana Census-designated places in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana Parish seats in Louisiana Census-designated places in New Orleans metropolitan area Louisiana populated places on the Mississippi River