Ascension Parish is a parish in Louisiana, United States, on the east bank of the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. It had a population of 126,500 at the 2020 census and covers 290 square miles (750 km2) of land centred near 30\u00b012\u2032N 90\u00b055\u2032W.<\/p>\n
Donaldsonville is the parish seat, and its postal code is 70346. The parish has two incorporated cities, one incorporated town, and several unincorporated communities. Ascension Parish observes Central time and is part of the Baton Rouge metropolitan area.<\/p>\n
Ascension Parish has three incorporated municipalities — Donaldsonville, Gonzales and Sorrento — plus a wide scatter of unincorporated communities and rural settlements between the levees. CDP = Census-Designated Place (unincorporated but tracked separately by the Census Bureau); Unincorp. = an unincorporated community with no defined census boundary.<\/p>\n
| Place<\/th>\n | Type<\/th>\n | Pop.<\/th>\n | ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donaldsonville<\/td>\n | City · seat<\/td>\n | 6,695<\/td>\n | 70346<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Gonzales<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | 12,231<\/td>\n | 70737<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Sorrento<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 70778<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Prairieville<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 70769<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Darrow<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 70725<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Lemannville<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Saint Amant<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 70774<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Geismar<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 70734<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Burnside<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 70738<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Dutch Town<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Brittany<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 70718<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Duplessis<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 70728<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Hope Villa<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Smoke Bend<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Oak Grove<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Modeste<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Belle Helene<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Bowden<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Brignac<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Bruly McCall<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Bullion<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Claybank<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Cofield<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Cornerview<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Duckroost<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Galvez<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Hillaryville<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Hobart<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Hohen Solms<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Lake<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Little Prairie<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Marchand<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| McCall<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| McElroy<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Miles<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Mount Houmas<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Noel<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Palo Alto<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Philadelphia Point<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Saint Elmo<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Southwood<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Summerfield<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Weber City<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Aben<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Acy<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Barmen<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Barton<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n A handful of entries on the old list were dropped as artifacts, not real distinct places: “Darrow” was listed twice (kept once, as a CDP), “Galvez Town” duplicates “Galvez,” and ten mobile-home-park listings (Comeaux Mobile Park, Lakeland Estates MH Park, Landrys MH Park, Pine MH Park, Raybons Village MH Park, S and H MH Park, Shady Oaks MH Park, Southern MH Park, Twin Lakes Mobile Estates and Twin Oaks MH Park) were dropped as private trailer parks rather than named communities — see notes.md.<\/p>\n ZIP Codes<\/h2>\nSmaller unincorporated communities without their own ZIP code use the nearest listed town’s ZIP.<\/p>\n Geography<\/h2>\nAscension Parish straddles the Mississippi River, with most of its population on the east bank and a rural, low-lying west bank around Donaldsonville. The parish has 290 square miles of land and 13 square miles (34 km2) of water, mostly river frontage, bayous and swamp. It borders six other parishes: East Baton Rouge Parish<\/a> to the north, Livingston Parish<\/a> to the northeast, St. John the Baptist Parish to the east, St. James Parish to the southeast, Assumption Parish<\/a> to the southwest, and Iberville Parish<\/a> to the west.<\/p>\n Ascension Parish had 126,500 residents at the 2020 census, up from 107,215 in 2010, making it one of the fastest-growing parishes in Louisiana over that decade. Gonzales (12,231) and Donaldsonville (6,695) are its two largest incorporated cities; Prairieville, an unincorporated CDP, is larger than either but has no official census population figure tied to this table. Median household income in the parish was reported at $72,662, well above the Louisiana state median of $58,229. Population density is roughly 436 people per square mile.<\/p>\n The parish’s economy is anchored by petrochemical plants along the Mississippi River corridor near Geismar and Darrow, and by rapid suburban growth in Prairieville and Gonzales tied to the Baton Rouge job market. Gonzales calls itself the “Jambalaya Capital of the World” and hosts the Jambalaya Festival each spring, an event that has run since 1968.<\/p>\n Ascension Parish was created in 1807, one of Louisiana’s original 19 parishes, and takes its name from the Catholic Feast of the Ascension. French and Spanish colonial settlers established plantations along the Mississippi River in the 18th century, and Donaldsonville briefly served as the capital of Louisiana in 1830. The parish’s population has more than doubled since the 1990s as growth spilled south from Baton Rouge.<\/p>\n Interstate 10 crosses the northern part of the parish, and US Highway 61 runs through Gonzales and Sorrento.<\/p>\n The nearest commercial airport is Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport.<\/p>\n Where is Ascension Parish?<\/strong> What is the population of Ascension Parish?<\/strong> How big is Ascension Parish?<\/strong> What is the county seat of Ascension Parish?<\/strong> How many towns and communities are in Ascension Parish?<\/strong> What ZIP codes are in Ascension Parish?<\/strong> |