Editing Orleans Parish, Louisiana (section)

== Geography ==
Orleans Parish is coextensive with New Orleans. Both are bounded by [[St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana|St. Tammany Parish]] and [[Lake Pontchartrain]] to the north, [[St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana|St. Bernard Parish]] and [[Lake Borgne]] to the east, [[Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana|Plaquemines Parish]] to the south, and Jefferson Parish to the south and west. The parish is part of the [[New Orleans metropolitan area|New Orleans–Metairie metropolitan statistical area]].

Orleans Parish originally extended as far west as present-day [[Kenner, Louisiana|Kenner]] and as far south as [[Grand Isle, Louisiana|Grand Isle]]. In 1824, uncertainty over the relative locations of Grand Isle and [[Cheniere Caminada, Louisiana|Cheniere Caminada]] resulted in a territorial dispute between Orleans Parish and [[Lafourche Parish, Louisiana|Lafourche Interior Parish]] (now Lafourche). The dispute was resolved in 1825 with the creation of [[Jefferson Parish, Louisiana|Jefferson Parish]], which included these areas.<ref name="AHCB" />

In 1852, New Orleans annexed the city of LaFayette (now [[Faubourg Lafayette]]) while keeping the parish boundaries unchanged, causing the city to [[List of U.S. municipalities in multiple counties|extend]] into Jefferson Parish.<ref name="AHCB" /> However, subsequent annexations of Jefferson in 1870 and [[Carrollton, New Orleans|Carrollton]] in 1874 included the redrawing of both city and parish boundaries.<ref name="AHCB" /><ref>{{cite act |title=An act to extend the limits of the Parish of Orleans, and to change the boundaries of the Parishes of Orleans and Jefferson, and to consolidate the cities of New Orleans and Jefferson, and to provide for the government of the city of New Orleans and the administration of the affairs thereof… |date=March 16, 1870 |institution=[[Louisiana State Legislature]] |article=7 |pinpoint=pp. 30–49 |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pst.000018406153&seq=222 |access-date=December 6, 2024|via=HathiTrust}}</ref> Since 1870, Orleans Parish has been coextensive with New Orleans. In 1979, parish boundaries through [[Lake Pontchartrain]] were defined, resulting in a gain of territory for the parish.<ref name="AHCB" />