Map of Pearl River town, Louisiana

Pearl River is a town in St. Tammany Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The population was 2,506 at the 2010 U.S. census, and 2,618 at the 2020 population estimates program. It is part of the New OrleansMetairieKenner metropolitan statistical area.

Pearl River town overview:
Name:Pearl River town
LSAD Code:43
LSAD Description:town (suffix)
State:Louisiana
County:St. Tammany Parish
Elevation:26 ft (8 m)
Total Area:3.81 sq mi (9.86 km²)
Land Area:3.73 sq mi (9.67 km²)
Water Area:0.07 sq mi (0.19 km²)
Population Density:686.93/sq mi (265.20/km²)
Area code:985
FIPS code:2259445
Website:pearlriverla.com

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Location of Pearl River in Louisiana.

History

The community that is today Pearl River was originally known as Halloo, a moniker it reputedly garnered from loggers yelling to one another as they labored along the nearby Pearl River. The town was founded in 1859. Early Halloo was a small railroad town, located at the junction of the Northeastern and Poitevent and Favre’s East Louisiana Railroads. In 1886 a train station was constructed at the site, and two years later Samuel Russ Poitevent (June 4, 1852 – June 3, 1904), established the first store in the village. The community’s name was first changed from Halloo (1859) to Pearl (1878), later to Pearlville (1881), and eventually Pearl River, in 1888, after the train station built in the town.

On July 13, 1898, the 200 citizens of Pearl River voted to petition the state of Louisiana for incorporation as the “Village of Pearl River”, a request which was granted nearly a decade later, on May 24, 1906, by governor Newton Crain Blanchard, with G.W. Fuller as the first mayor. The village slowly modernized over the course of the next half century, acquiring the land for a courthouse in 1935 and a town hall ten years later. Pearl River Junior High was opened in 1963, but the building was made into a police training academy in 2005. In 1964, the village insignia was replaced, as the newly minted “town” laid claim to 1,500 residents, a designation that lives on today, in the town of about 2,500.

Pearl River Road Map

Road map of Pearl River
Road map of Pearl River

Pearl River city Satellite Map

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Satellite map of Pearl River

Geography

Pearl River is located at 30°22′16″N 89°45′4″W / 30.37111°N 89.75111°W / 30.37111; -89.75111 (30.371096, -89.751139), in southern Louisiana in the Greater New Orleans area. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 3.6 square miles (9.3 km), of which 3.5 square miles (9.0 km) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km), or 2.27%, is water.

See also

Map of Louisiana State and its subdivision: Map of other states:
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Map of St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana
St. Tammany Parish overview: Name: St. Tammany Parish FIPS code: 22-103 State: Louisiana Founded: October 27, 1810 Named for: Indian Chief Tamanend Seat: Covington Largest city: Slidell Total Area: 1,124 sq mi (2,910 km²) Land Area: 846 sq mi (2,190 km²) Total Population: 264,570 Population Density: 312.73/sq mi (120.75/km²) Time zone: UTC−6 (Central) Summer Time Zone (DST): UTC−5 (CDT) Website: www.stpgov.org St. ... Read more
Map of St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana

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