St. Amant (or Saint Amant) is an
unincorporated community located in
Ascension Parish, in the
U.S. state of
Louisiana. This community has not been incorporated into a city or town. It is situated about 25 miles south-east of
Baton Rouge
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. and 50 miles north west of
New Orleans. It is named after the St. Amant family, some of the early settlers in the region. The Saint Amant post office has the
ZIP code of
70774.
Geography
St. Amant is located near the largest city in Ascension Parish,
Gonzales Gonzales may refer to:
Places
* Gonzales, California, U.S.
* Gonzales, Louisiana, U.S.
* Gonzales, Texas, U.S.
* Gonzales County, Texas
Other uses
* Battle of Gonzales, 1835
* Gonzales (horse) (1977 – after 1996), an American-bred Thoroughbred ...
, which is three miles to the north-west.
Education
The following schools are located within the community:
*
St. Amant High School
*
St. Amant Middle School
*
St. Amant Primary School
*
Lake Elementary School
Lake School was a public elementary school in the Near North Side neighborhood of Omaha, Nebraska, United States. The school was one of Omaha's "black schools", and served grade one through grade eight. It closed in the 1970s.
History
Built in ...
The high school is located on
Highway 431. St. Amant middle school, primary school and the post office are located on
Highway 429.
Lake Elementary School is located on
Highway 431.
Notable people
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Reid Brignac
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, baseball shortstop
*
Ben Sheets, MLB All-Star pitcher
*
John "Hot Rod" Williams
John "Hot Rod" Williams (August 9, 1962 – December 11, 2015) was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1986 to 1999.
Early life
Williams was born in Sorrento, Louisiana, a small town near ...
, NBA basketball player
Notable events
St. Amant became the subject of national headlines after the
2016 Louisiana Floods
In August 2016, prolonged rainfall from an unpredictable storm resulted in catastrophic flooding in the state of Louisiana, United States; thousands of houses and businesses were submerged. Louisiana's governor, John Bel Edwards, called the disas ...
, due to the devastation in the area. The area was visited by then-presidential candidate,
Donald J. Trump
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Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pe ...
.
References
Unincorporated communities in Ascension Parish, Louisiana
Unincorporated communities in Louisiana
Baton Rouge metropolitan area
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