St. Rose, Louisiana

The LaBranche Plantation Dependency House is located in St. Rose. It is a surviving building of the LaBranche Plantation. The main house was the plantation home built by the Zweig family in 1792. The plantation was based on the cultivation and processing of sugar cane and was dependent on slave labor. The big house was destroyed during the Civil War. One of the few buildings left on the property after the Civil War was the dependency house, also called a garconnière (French for bachelor quarters). The property also has a preserved slave quarters building.[1]

In 1873, Palmer Elkins purchased property in St. Rose. In 1880, Elkins invited freedman and their families to move onto his property to receive training. He established what became known as "Elkinsville" or "Freetown".

St. Rose is located at 29°57′38″N 90°18′47″W (29.960421, -90.313094).[2]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 5.0 square miles (13.0 km²), of which 4.0 square miles (10.5 km²) is land and 1.0 square mile (2.6 km²) (19.88%) is water.

As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 6,540 people, 2,286 households, and 1,748 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 1,620.1 people per square mile (625.0/km²). There were 2,385 housing units at an average density of 590.8 per square mile (227.9/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 55.23% White, 41.51% African American, 0.32% Native American, 0.47% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 1.19% from other races, and 1.24% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.53% of the population.

There were 2,286 households, out of which 43.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.3% were married couples living together, 21.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.5% were non-families. 18.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.86 and the average family size was 3.27.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 30.5% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 34.3% from 25 to 44, 18.8% from 45 to 64, and 7.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.4 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $34,704, and the median income for a family was $37,772. Males had a median income of $30,972 versus $21,418 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $14,091. About 9.1% of families and 12.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.7% of those under age 18 and 14.1% of those age 65 or over.

St. Charles Parish Public School System operates public schools, including:

• St. Rose Elementary School (PK-5)
• Albert Cammon Middle School
• Destrehan High School in Destrehan[4]

• Burnell Dent, NFL linebacker for the Green Bay Packers and New York Giants
• Snooks Eaglin, guitarist and singer
• Roy Ebron, Basketball player in the ABA
• Shelley Hennig, Miss Teen USA 2004 and actress
• Jordan Jefferson, NFL quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Justin Jefferson, NFL wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings
• Curtis Johnson, Head football coach at Tulane University and NFL assistant coach
• Beulah Levy Ledner, Dessert and pastry chef
• Ed Reed, College Football Hall of Fame and NFL Hall of Fame safety for the Baltimore Ravens, Houston Texans and New York Jets
• Darryl Richard, NFL defensive tackle for the New England Patriots
• Margaret Taylor-Burroughs, Co-founder of the DuSable Museum of African American History in Chicago, was born in St. Rose
• Gary Tyler, who is believed to have been wrongly convicted of murder in 1974. He was released in 2016.
• Josh Victorian, NFL cornerback for the Baltimore Ravens, Detroit Lions, Houston Texans, New England Patriots, New Orleans Saints, New York Giants and Pittsburgh Steelers
• Darius Vinnett, NFL cornerback for the St. Louis Rams and Atlanta Falcons

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  LaBranche Plantation Dependency
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  LaBranche Plantation Dependency historical marker
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  Elkinsville-Freetown historical marker

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