Mount Hermon is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

in northwestern

Washington Parish Washington Parish (French: ''Paroisse de Washington'') is a parish located in the interior southeast corner of the U.S. state of Louisiana, one of the Florida Parishes. As of the 2010 census, the population was 47,168. Its parish seat is Fra ...

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, United States. It is the home of the Yellow Jackets of Mount Hermon High School. The Mile Branch Settlement at th
Washington Parish Free Fair
is the current home of th

that was originally built by the

pioneer Pioneer commonly refers to a settler who migrates to previously uninhabited or sparsely inhabited land. In the United States pioneer commonly refers to an American pioneer, a person in American history who migrated west to join in settling and dev ...

s of Mount Hermon,

. The ZIP Code for Mount Hermon is 70450. After the civil war, the Ott family donated their land for a school house to be built on. Mount Hermon is part of the

Washington Parish School Board Washington Parish School Board is a school district headquartered in Franklinton, Louisiana, Franklinton, Louisiana, United States. The district serves most of Washington Parish, Louisiana, Washington Parish. However Bogalusa, Louisiana, Bogalusa ...

, alongside other schools such as Franklinton, Pine, and Varnado. The Louisiana politician Jesse Homer Bankston, Sr., was born in Mount Hermon as was Lionel Ott, a member of the

Louisiana State Senate The Louisiana State Senate (french: Sénat de Louisiane) is the upper house of the state legislature of Louisiana. All senators serve four-year terms and are assigned to multiple committees. Composition The Louisiana State Senate is compose ...

and the

New Orleans City Council The New Orleans City Council is the legislative branch of the City of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The current mayor-council form of city government was created in 1954, following the 1950 amendment of the state constitution that provide ...

in the 1940s and 1950s.

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