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Christ Church, Washington Parish
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Christ Church — known also as Christ Church, Washington Parish or Christ Church on Capitol Hill — is an historic Episcopal church located at 620 G Street SE in Washington, D. C. The church is also called Christ Church, Navy Yard, because of its proximity to the Washington Navy Yard, built in 1807 in Gothic Revival style, the church began as one of two parish churches of Washington Parish, which the Maryland General Assembly created in 1794. The current building, built after the American Civil War, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1969, in 1792, Thomas John Claggett was consecrated as the bishop of the Diocese of Maryland in the newly re-established Episcopal Church. In December,1794, the Maryland General Assembly formally established Washington Episcopal parish nearer the developing riverfront, two priests were appointed, Rev. George Ralph for the eastern portion and Rev. Edward Gantt for the western portion, although no record remains of either holding services. After disestablishment, pew rentals generally provided the chief source of income. Three free pews were reserved, one for the President of the United States, one for the donor of the land, Mr. Prout. When the first service was held at the new site on August 9,1807, marines billeted at their nearby barracks also used the church in the early days. The vestry formally adopted the name Christ Church on August 20,1807, several early U. S. Presidents worshiped there. Rev. Ethan Allen was the longest serving rector in the early years. The parish also acquired a ground to the east, which became Congressional Cemetery. One of Christ Churchs somewhat more recent members was John Philip Sousa, Sousa was married at Christ Church and buried in Congressional Cemetery. Although there is controversy, Benjamin Latrobe, one of 19th-century Americas greatest architects, is generally credited with the design of the present church building. It was constructed of brick in the Federal style, which was evolving into the Gothic revival style, the bell tower, added in 1849, was used as an observation post during the Civil War. The present Parish Hall was built in 1874, in 1924, the first rectory was razed and the present one was built on the same site. The Crucifixion window at the end of the chancel, a memorial to mothers, in 1966, a two-story addition to the Parish Hall was constructed and dedicated to the memory of Rev. Edward Gabler, the priest and rector from 1928 to 1944. Congressional Cemetery National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington, D. C and this article contains information that originally came from US Government publications and websites and is in the public domain. Christ Church Washington Parish History Christ Church Washington Parish website NPS webpage on Christ Church
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Washington, Louisiana
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Washington is a village in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 964 at the 2010 census and it is part of the Opelousas–Eunice Micropolitan Statistical Area. Washington was the largest inland port between New Orleans and St. Louis for much of the 19th century, Washington is located at 30°36′52″N 92°3′30″W. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 0.9 square miles. As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 964 people residing in the town. The racial makeup of the town was 52. 8% Black,43. 2% White,0. 4% Native American,0. 1% Asian and 1. 7% from two or more races,1. 9% were Hispanic or Latino of any race. At the 2000 census, there were 1,082 people,459 households and 289 families residing in the town, the population density was 1,256.8 per square mile. There were 535 housing units at a density of 621.4 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 43. 07% White,56. 28% African American,0. 37% from other races, Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1. 02% of the population. 34. 4% of all households were made up of individuals and 15. 3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 3.05. Age distribution was 29. 1% under the age of 18,7. 4% from 18 to 24,24. 7% from 25 to 44,20. 1% from 45 to 64, the median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 80.6 males, for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 74.3 males. The median household income was $12,177, and the family income was $17,727. Males had an income of $36,250 versus $14,479 for females. The per capita income for the town was $11,607, about 45. 6% of families and 48. 4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 58. 0% of those under age 18 and 38. 4% of those age 65 or over. During the American Civil War, the Thirteenth Connecticut, part of Union General Nathaniel P, banks forces, occupied Washington, then larger than the parish seat of Opelousas. Washington was, according to the historian John D, winters in The Civil War in Louisiana squalid and dirty. Filth, ugly buildings, and its number of black inhabitants
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Bogalusa, Louisiana
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Bogalusa is a small city in Washington Parish, Louisiana. The population was 12,232 at the 2010 census and it is the principal city of the Bogalusa Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Washington Parish and is also part of the larger New Orleans–Metairie–Bogalusa Combined Statistical Area. The name of the city derives from the Choctaw words bogue lusa, in 1908, the Great Southern Lumber Company sawmill began operation, and the Goodyear interests of New York built the city of Bogalusa to house workers for the sawmill. William H. Sullivan, the manager for the Goodyears, was town boss when the city was built. Bogalusa was incorporated as a city on July 4,1914, at its peak in 1960, the city had over 21,000 residents. The Great Southern Lumber Companys sprawling sawmill produced up to 1,000,000 board feet of lumber a day, the sawmill closed in 1938, and was replaced as the citys main industry by a paper mill and a chemical plant run by Gaylord Container Corporation. The Crown Zellerbach Corporation acquired Gaylords operations in 1955, an attempt to keep the sawmill open with California redwood proved too costly, and the mill was closed. In the mid-1960s, Bogalusa was a center of activity for the Deacons for Defense, in 1995 a railroad tank car imploded at Gaylord Chemical Corporation, releasing nitrogen tetroxide and forcing the evacuation of about 3,000 people within a one-mile radius. Residents say the sky turned orange as a result, emergency rooms filled with about 4,000 people who complained of burning eyes, skin, and lungs. Dozens of lawsuits were filed against Gaylord Chemical and were settled in May 2005. On August 29,2005, Hurricane Katrina hit the city with winds of about 110 mph, downing numerous trees, many buildings in Bogalusa received damage from falling trees, and several were destroyed. Most of the houses, businesses, and other buildings suffered damage from the storms ferocious winds. Some outlying areas of the city were without power for over a month, Bogalusa has an elevation of 100 feet. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 9.5 square miles. As of the census of 2000, there were 13,365 people,5,431 households, the population density was 1,407.6 people per square mile. There were 6,300 housing units at a density of 663.5 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 57. 18% White,41. 21% African American,0. 32% Native American,0. 39% Asian,0. 16% from other races, hispanic or Latino people of any race were 0. 75% of the population. 32. 7% of all households were made up of individuals and 16. 5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 3.05
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Louisiana
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Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Louisiana is the 31st most extensive and the 25th most populous of the 50 United States and its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the state in the U. S. with political subdivisions termed parishes. The largest parish by population is East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana is bordered by Arkansas to the north, Mississippi to the east, Texas to the west, and the Gulf of Mexico to the south. Much of the lands were formed from sediment washed down the Mississippi River, leaving enormous deltas and vast areas of coastal marsh. These contain a rich southern biota, typical examples include birds such as ibis, there are also many species of tree frogs, and fish such as sturgeon and paddlefish. In more elevated areas, fire is a process in the landscape. These support a large number of plant species, including many species of orchids. Louisiana has more Native American tribes than any other state, including four that are federally recognized, ten that are state recognized. Before the American purchase of the territory in 1803, the current Louisiana State had been both a French colony and for a period, a Spanish one. In addition, colonists imported numerous African people as slaves in the 18th century, many came from peoples of the same region of West Africa, thus concentrating their culture. Louisiana was named after Louis XIV, King of France from 1643 to 1715, when René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle claimed the territory drained by the Mississippi River for France, he named it La Louisiane. The suffix -ana is a Latin suffix that can refer to information relating to an individual, subject. Thus, roughly, Louis + ana carries the idea of related to Louis, the Gulf of Mexico did not exist 250 million years ago when there was but one supercontinent, Pangea. As Pangea split apart, the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico opened, Louisiana slowly developed, over millions of years, from water into land, and from north to south. The oldest rocks are exposed in the north, in such as the Kisatchie National Forest. The oldest rocks date back to the early Tertiary Era, some 60 million years ago, the history of the formation of these rocks can be found in D. Spearings Roadside Geology of Louisiana. The sediments were carried north to south by the Mississippi River
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United States
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Forty-eight of the fifty states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east, the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U. S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean, the geography, climate and wildlife of the country are extremely diverse. At 3.8 million square miles and with over 324 million people, the United States is the worlds third- or fourth-largest country by area, third-largest by land area. It is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, paleo-Indians migrated from Asia to the North American mainland at least 15,000 years ago. European colonization began in the 16th century, the United States emerged from 13 British colonies along the East Coast. Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the following the Seven Years War led to the American Revolution. On July 4,1776, during the course of the American Revolutionary War, the war ended in 1783 with recognition of the independence of the United States by Great Britain, representing the first successful war of independence against a European power. The current constitution was adopted in 1788, after the Articles of Confederation, the first ten amendments, collectively named the Bill of Rights, were ratified in 1791 and designed to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties. During the second half of the 19th century, the American Civil War led to the end of slavery in the country. By the end of century, the United States extended into the Pacific Ocean. The Spanish–American War and World War I confirmed the status as a global military power. The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the United States as the sole superpower. The U. S. is a member of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of American States. The United States is a developed country, with the worlds largest economy by nominal GDP. It ranks highly in several measures of performance, including average wage, human development, per capita GDP. While the U. S. economy is considered post-industrial, characterized by the dominance of services and knowledge economy, the United States is a prominent political and cultural force internationally, and a leader in scientific research and technological innovations. In 1507, the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller produced a map on which he named the lands of the Western Hemisphere America after the Italian explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci
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George Washington
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George Washington was an American politician and soldier who served as the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797 and was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He served as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and he is popularly considered the driving force behind the nations establishment and came to be known as the father of the country, both during his lifetime and to this day. Washington was widely admired for his leadership qualities and was unanimously elected president by the Electoral College in the first two national elections. Washingtons incumbency established many precedents still in use today, such as the system, the inaugural address. His retirement from office two terms established a tradition that lasted until 1940 when Franklin Delano Roosevelt won an unprecedented third term. The 22nd Amendment now limits the president to two elected terms and he was born into the provincial gentry of Colonial Virginia to a family of wealthy planters who owned tobacco plantations and slaves, which he inherited. In his youth, he became an officer in the colonial militia during the first stages of the French. In 1775, the Second Continental Congress commissioned him as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army in the American Revolution, in that command, Washington forced the British out of Boston in 1776 but was defeated and nearly captured later that year when he lost New York City. After crossing the Delaware River in the middle of winter, he defeated the British in two battles, retook New Jersey, and restored momentum to the Patriot cause and his strategy enabled Continental forces to capture two major British armies at Saratoga in 1777 and Yorktown in 1781. In battle, however, Washington was repeatedly outmaneuvered by British generals with larger armies, after victory had been finalized in 1783, Washington resigned as commander-in-chief rather than seize power, proving his opposition to dictatorship and his commitment to American republicanism. Washington presided over the Constitutional Convention in 1787, which devised a new form of government for the United States. Following his election as president in 1789, he worked to unify rival factions in the fledgling nation and he supported Alexander Hamiltons programs to satisfy all debts, federal and state, established a permanent seat of government, implemented an effective tax system, and created a national bank. In avoiding war with Great Britain, he guaranteed a decade of peace and profitable trade by securing the Jay Treaty in 1795 and he remained non-partisan, never joining the Federalist Party, although he largely supported its policies. Washingtons Farewell Address was a primer on civic virtue, warning against partisanship, sectionalism. He retired from the presidency in 1797, returning to his home, upon his death, Washington was eulogized as first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen by Representative Henry Lee III of Virginia. He was revered in life and in death, scholarly and public polling consistently ranks him among the top three presidents in American history and he has been depicted and remembered in monuments, public works, currency, and other dedications to the present day. He was born on February 11,1731, according to the Julian calendar, the Gregorian calendar was adopted within the British Empire in 1752, and it renders a birth date of February 22,1732. Washington was of primarily English gentry descent, especially from Sulgrave and his great-grandfather John Washington emigrated to Virginia in 1656 and began accumulating land and slaves, as did his son Lawrence and his grandson, Georges father Augustine
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County seat
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A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish. The term is used in the United States, Canada, Romania, China, in the United Kingdom and Ireland, county towns have a similar function. In the United States, counties are the subdivisions of a state. Depending on the state, counties may provide services to the public, impose taxes. Some types of subdivisions, such as townships, may be incorporated or unincorporated. The city, town, or populated place that houses county government is known as the seat of its respective county, a county seat is usually, but not always, an incorporated municipality. The exceptions include the county seats of counties that have no incorporated municipalities within their borders, such as Arlington County, Virginia, likewise, some county seats may not be incorporated in their own right, but are located within incorporated municipalities. For example, Cape May Court House, New Jersey, though unincorporated, is a section of Middle Township, in some of the colonial states, county seats include or formerly included Court House as part of their name. Most counties have only one county seat, an example is Harrison County, Mississippi, which lists both Biloxi and Gulfport as county seats. The practice of multiple county seat towns dates from the days when travel was difficult, there have been few efforts to eliminate the two-seat arrangement, since a county seat is a source of pride for the towns involved. There are 36 counties with multiple county seats in 11 states, Coffee County, for example, the official county seat is Greensboro, but an additional courthouse has been located in nearby High Point since 1938. For example, Clearwater is the county seat of Pinellas County, Florida, in New England, the town, not the county, is the primary division of local government. Historically, counties in this region have served mainly as dividing lines for the judicial systems. Connecticut and Rhode Island have no county level of government and thus no county seats, in Vermont, Massachusetts, and Maine the county seats are legally designated shire towns. County government consists only of a Superior Court and Sheriff, both located in the shire town. Bennington County has two towns, but the Sheriff is located in Bennington. In Massachusetts, most government functions which would otherwise be performed by county governments in other states are performed by town governments. As such, Massachusetts has dissolved many of its county governments, two counties in South Dakota have their county seat and government services centered in a neighboring county
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Franklinton, Louisiana
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Franklinton is a town in and the parish seat of Washington Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 3,657 at the 2000 census and it is an average of 155 feet above sea level. Located 61 miles north of New Orleans, the name is pronounced locally as Frank-lin-ton. Franklinton is part of the Bogalusa Micropolitan Statistical Area, dr. Thomas was the Washington Parish coroner from 1980-1988. Beth Mizell, a businesswoman from Franklinton, is the current District 12 state senator, having been elected in 2015. Franklinton was founded in 1819, originally under the name of Franklin, in 1826, representatives and citizens from both communities showed up in then-state-capital New Orleans to state their cases for keeping the name Franklin. A compromise was reached by the legislature, allowing Franklin in St. Mary Parish to retain its name, Franklinton became the seat of government on February 10,1821, two years after the parish was carved out from St. Tammany Parish. Much of Franklinton, as well as most of Washington Parish, the body of the victim, Jerome Wilson,30, was found on the road two hours later. Wilson had been convicted in August of slaying Deputy Sheriff Delos C. Wood in a gunfight on the Wilson place, aroused from his jail-cell cot, the terror-stricken man pleaded for mercy. His pleas were followed by screams for help, then a bullet was fired into the back of his head. Officers expressed the belief that the man was shot because his cries would have aroused parish authorities, the body was dragged to a waiting car. Five days earlier a new trial had been granted to Wilson by the Louisiana Supreme Court, the decision cited that he was tried, convicted, and sentenced within ten days of his arrest. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has an area of 4.2 square miles. The Bogue Chitto River passes through the edge of the town. As of the census of 2000, there were 3,657 people,1,366 households, the population density was 882.8 people per square mile. There were 1,536 housing units at a density of 370.8 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 47. 01% White,51. 87% African American,0. 11% Native American,0. 19% Asian, hispanic or Latino of any race were 0. 49% of the population. 33. 2% of all households were made up of individuals and 15. 7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older, the average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 3.13
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United States Census Bureau
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The United States Census Bureau is a principal agency of the U. S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy. The Census Bureaus primary mission is conducting the U. S. Census every ten years, in addition to the decennial census, the Census Bureau continually conducts dozens of other censuses and surveys, including the American Community Survey, the U. S. Economic Census, and the Current Population Survey, furthermore, economic and foreign trade indicators released by the federal government typically contain data produced by the Census Bureau. The Bureaus various censuses and surveys help allocate over $400 billion in federal funds every year and help states, local communities, the Census Bureau is part of the U. S. Department of Commerce and its director is appointed by the President of the United States. The Census Bureau now conducts a population count every 10 years in years ending with a 0. Between censuses, the Census Bureau makes population estimates and projections, the Census Bureau is mandated with fulfilling these obligations, the collecting of statistics about the nation, its people, and economy. The Census Bureaus legal authority is codified in Title 13 of the United States Code, the Census Bureau also conducts surveys on behalf of various federal government and local government agencies on topics such as employment, crime, health, consumer expenditures, and housing. Within the bureau, these are known as surveys and are conducted perpetually between and during decennial population counts. The Census Bureau also conducts surveys of manufacturing, retail, service. Between 1790 and 1840, the census was taken by marshals of the judicial districts, the Census Act of 1840 established a central office which became known as the Census Office. Several acts followed that revised and authorized new censuses, typically at the 10-year intervals, in 1902, the temporary Census Office was moved under the Department of Interior, and in 1903 it was renamed the Census Bureau under the new Department of Commerce and Labor. The department was intended to consolidate overlapping statistical agencies, but Census Bureau officials were hindered by their role in the department. An act in 1920 changed the date and authorized manufacturing censuses every 2 years, in 1929, a bill was passed mandating the House of Representatives be reapportioned based on the results of the 1930 Census. In 1954, various acts were codified into Title 13 of the US Code, by law, the Census Bureau must count everyone and submit state population totals to the U. S. President by December 31 of any year ending in a zero. States within the Union receive the results in the spring of the following year, the United States Census Bureau defines four statistical regions, with nine divisions. The Census Bureau regions are widely used. for data collection, the Census Bureau definition is pervasive. Title 13 of the U. S. Code establishes penalties for the disclosure of this information, all Census employees must sign an affidavit of non-disclosure prior to employment. The Bureau cannot share responses, addresses or personal information with anyone including United States or foreign government, only after 72 years does the information collected become available to other agencies or the general public
Washington Parish, Louisiana
