Slaughter is a town in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 997 at the 2010 U.S. census, down from 1,011 at the 2000 U.S. census. At the 2020 population estimates program, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated 882 people lived in the township. Slaughter is part of the Baton Rouge metropolitan statistical area.
Name: | Slaughter town |
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LSAD Code: | 43 |
LSAD Description: | town (suffix) |
State: | Louisiana |
County: | East Feliciana Parish |
Elevation: | 131 ft (40 m) |
Total Area: | 5.48 sq mi (14.18 km²) |
Land Area: | 5.47 sq mi (14.16 km²) |
Water Area: | 0.01 sq mi (0.02 km²) |
Total Population: | 1,035 |
Population Density: | 189.35/sq mi (73.11/km²) |
ZIP code: | 70777 |
Area code: | 225 |
FIPS code: | 2270770 |
Website: | www.townofslaughter.org |
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History
The name of the town is from a Illinois Central Railroad Depot for a pig slaughter house. figures in the title of Michael Ondaatje’s novel about legendary jazz player Buddy Bolden: Coming Through Slaughter. Slaughter was designated a town in 2002.
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Geography
Slaughter is located along the southern edge of East Feliciana Parish at 30°42′59″N 91°8′40″W / 30.71639°N 91.14444°W / 30.71639; -91.14444 (30.716484, -91.144506). The town is bordered on the south by the city of Zachary in East Baton Rouge Parish.
Louisiana Highway 19 passes through Slaughter, leading north 15 miles (24 km) to Wilson and south 20 miles (32 km) to Baton Rouge. Clinton, the East Feliciana Parish seat, is 14 miles (23 km) to the northeast.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Slaughter has a total area of 5.5 square miles (14.2 km), of which 0.01 square miles (0.02 km), or 0.16%, is water.
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