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Louisiana Definitions
Louisiana - name of the state (I hope everyone could figure that out.)
parish - equivalent of a County. (Orleans Parish = Orleans County elsewhere in US)
home neighborhood - section of a city. As an example, in New Orleans, French Quarter would be the home neighborhood. On our data entry form it is the Home Neighborhood of the missing person.
Areas in and around New Orleans
The city of New Orleans is in Orleans Parish
Adjacent Parishes
- Lake Pontchartrain (north)
- St. Tammany Parish (northeast)
- Lake Borgne (east)
- St. Bernard Parish (south)
- Plaquemines Parish (southwest)
- Jefferson Parish (west)
Divisions and Neighborhoods within the city of New Orleans
Central Business District
- Canal Street
- Poydras Avenue
- Old American Quarter
- Old Warehouse District
Downtown
- French Quarter
- Treme
- Faubourg Marigny
- Bywater
- 7th Ward
- 9th Ward
- Lower 9th Ward
Uptown
- Lower Garden District
- Upper Garden District
- Irish Channel
- University District
- Carrollton
- Gert Town
- Fountainbleau
- Broadmoor
Mid City
Gentilly
- Old Gentilly
- Gentilly Woods
- Pontchartrain Park
Lakeview
- Lakefront
- Lake Terrace
- Lake Vista
New Orleans East
- Versailles
Algiers
- Algiers Point
- English Turn
- Lower Coast

