Editing St. Rose, Louisiana

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{{Infobox settlement
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| other_name               = Saint Rose
| settlement_type          = [[Census-designated place|CDP]]
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| subdivision_type         = Country
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| subdivision_type1        = State
| subdivision_name1        = Louisiana
| subdivision_type2        = Parish
| subdivision_name2        = [[St. Charles Parish, Louisiana|St. Charles]]
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| area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_22.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=March 20, 2022}}</ref>
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| area_total_km2           = 19.31
| area_total_sq_mi         = 7.45
| area_land_sq_mi          = 6.34
| area_water_sq_mi         = 1.11
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| population_total         = 7504
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| population_density_sq_mi = 1183.78
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|postal_code              = 70087<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.zipdatamaps.com/70087|title=Saint Rose ZIP Code|publisher=zipdatamaps.com|year=2022|access-date=November 30, 2022}}</ref>
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| area_code                = [[Area code 504|504]]
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|blank_info = 22-67740
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'''Saint Rose''' (usually written as '''St. Rose''') is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[St. Charles Parish, Louisiana|St. Charles Parish]], [[Louisiana]], United States. St. Rose is on the east bank of the [[Mississippi River]], two miles (3&nbsp;km) north of the [[Jefferson Parish, Louisiana|Jefferson Parish]] border and is part of the [[Greater New Orleans]] [[metropolitan area]]. The population was 6,540 in the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]], and 7,504 in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2020 Race and Population Totals|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=St%20Rose%20CDP,%20Louisiana%20population&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1|access-date=2021-10-25|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>

==History==

The [[LaBranche Plantation Dependency|LaBranche Plantation Dependency House]] is located in St. Rose. It is a surviving building of the LaBranche Plantation. The main house was the [[Plantation house in the Southern United States|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 [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. One of the few buildings left on the property after the Civil War was the [[Dependency (architecture)|dependency]] house, also called a ''[[garconnière]]'' (French for bachelor quarters). The property also has a preserved [[Plantation complexes in the Southern United States#Slave quarters|slave quarters]] building.<ref>{{cite web| title=LaBranche Plantation Dependency House|publisher=experienceneworleans.com|url=http://www.experienceneworleans.com/louisianaplantationhomes.html|accessdate=2017-04-07}}</ref>

In 1873, Palmer Elkins purchased property in St. Rose. In 1880, Elkins invited [[Freedmen#United States|freedmen]] and their families to move onto his property to receive training. He established what became known as "Elkinsville" or "Freetown".

==Geography==
St. Rose is located at {{Coord|29|57|38|N|90|18|47|W|type:city}} (29.960421, -90.313094).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of 5.0&nbsp;square miles (13.0&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}), of which 4.0&nbsp;square miles (10.5&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}) is land and 1.0&nbsp;square mile (2.6&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}) (19.88%) is water.

== Demographics ==
{{US Census population
|2020= 7504
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+St. Rose racial composition as of 2020<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US2267740&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-28|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 3,063
| 40.82%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 3,028
| 40.35%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 13
| 0.17%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 158
| 2.11%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
| 3
| 0.04%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 258
| 3.44%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 981
| 13.07%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 7,504 people, 2,914 households, and 1,905 families residing in the CDP.<ref name=":0" />

==Education==
[[St. Charles Parish Public School System]] operates public schools, including:
* St. Rose Elementary School (PK-5)
* Albert Cammon Middle School (6-8)
* [[Destrehan High School]] in [[Destrehan, Louisiana|Destrehan]]<ref>"[http://www.advanc-ed.org/oasis2/u/par/accreditation/summary/pdf;jsessionid=449D1177D21600830A086D4AB488AE5E?institutionId=6639 Destrehan High School]" ([https://archive.today/20161203034929/http://www.advanc-ed.org/oasis2/u/par/accreditation/summary/pdf;jsessionid=449D1177D21600830A086D4AB488AE5E?institutionId=6639 Archive]). [[AdvancED]]. p. 4. Retrieved on December 3, 2016. "The school pulls from the five communities which make up the East Bank of St. Charles Parish: Destrehan, Montz, New Sarpy, Norco, and St. Rose."</ref>

==Notable people==
*[[Macon Clark]], NFL safety for the [[Chicago Bears]]
*[[Burnell Dent]], NFL linebacker for the [[Green Bay Packers]] and [[New York Giants]]
*[[Snooks Eaglin]], guitarist and singer
*[[Roy Ebron]], Basketball player in the [[American Basketball Association|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 (American football coach)|Curtis Johnson]], Head football coach at [[Tulane Green Wave football|Tulane University]] and NFL assistant coach
*[[Beulah Levy Ledner]], Dessert and [[pastry chef]]
*[[Ed Reed]], [[College Football Hall of Fame]] and [[Pro Football Hall of Fame|NFL Hall of Fame]] safety for the [[Baltimore Ravens]], [[Houston Texans]] and [[New York Jets]]
*[[Darryl Richard (American football)|Darryl Richard]], NFL defensive tackle for the [[New England Patriots]]
*[[Margaret Taylor-Burroughs]], Co-founder of the [[DuSable Museum|DuSable Museum of African American History]] in [[Chicago]]
*[[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]]
*[[Michael Young Jr.]], NFL wide receiver for the [[Indianapolis Colts]]

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:LaBranche Plantation-Barbarra Plantation Dependency (St. Rose, Louisiana), 2009.jpg|[[LaBranche Plantation Dependency|LaBranche Plantation Dependency House]]
File:LaBranche Plantation-Barbarra Plantation Dependency, St. Rose, Louisiana - Historical Marker.jpg|[[LaBranche Plantation Dependency|LaBranche Plantation Dependency House]] historical marker
File:Elkinsville-Freetown (Saint Rose, Louisiana).jpg|Elkinsville-Freetown historical marker
</gallery>

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==References==
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{{St. Charles Parish, Louisiana}}

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[[Category:Census-designated places in Louisiana]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in the New Orleans metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Louisiana populated places on the Mississippi River]]