St. James Parish, Louisiana

Founding: 1807
Parent county: Unorganized territory
Namesake: St. James Catholic Church
Seat: St. James (1807–1869); Convent (1869–)
Land area: 242 square miles
Population (2020): 20,192
Population (historic): 5,660 (1820); 11,098 (1850); 10,152 (1870); 20,197 (1900); 15,338 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1850; 1870s; 1890–1910; 1950s
Subdivisions: Two towns; 12 CDPs
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 534 (6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 12.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 20.3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 44.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 23.8%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,111
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,172

Average farmhouse size (1940): 4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 289
Average farm size (1920): 137.5 acres
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Convent

 
Namesake: St. Michael's Convent
Founding: 1847 (post office)
Population (2020): 483
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 11 (4.1%)
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