Hahnville is a

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(CDP) in and the

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of St. Charles Parish,

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, United States. The population was 2,792 at the 2000 census and 2,959 in 2020. It was founded by former governor Michael Hahn.

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 1682, La Salle recorded the presence of a village of

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peoples in the vicinity of modern-day Hahnville. In the 1700s, German immigrants to the French colony of Louisiana began settling along the Mississippi upriver from New Orleans in what became known as the

German Coast The German Coast (French: ''Côte des Allemands'', Spanish: ''Costa Alemana'', German: ''Deutsche Küste'') was a region of early Louisiana settlement located above New Orleans, and on the west bank of the Mississippi River. Specifically, from ...

. In the early 1800s, following the sale of Louisiana, the United States established the St. Charles Courthouse in the area and a small community grew up around it. In February 1872, Thomas Sharpe began laying out a village near the courthouse, which he called Flaggville after district judge Othelle J. Flagg. Around the same time, former governor Michael Hahn, who had a sugar plantation upriver from Flaggville, began dividing his land to found Hahnville. Gradually "Hahnville" became the commonly accepted name for the larger area.

Demographics

As of the 2020 United States census, 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 in Boutte, on the west bank of the Mississippi River.Hahnville High School

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. 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 – NFL wide receiver * Jack Carey, jazz trombonist * Mutt Carey – jazz trumpeter * Michael Hahn – 19th-century state judge, governor and U.S. representative * Mary Ann Vial Lemmon – U.S. federal judge * Herb Simpson, Negro league and minor league baseball player

References

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