Harahan, Louisiana Harahan, Louisiana Harahan, Louisiana is positioned in Louisiana Harahan, Louisiana Location of Harahan in Louisiana Harahan is a town/city in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States, and a suburb of New Orleans.
Harahan was titled in honor of James Theodore Harahan, president of the Illinois Central Railroad from 1906-1911.
One of Harahan's more notable structures is Harahan Elementary, positioned along Jefferson Highway.
Harahan is positioned along a heavily wooded region along a curve in the Mississippi River, between River Ridge to the west and Elmwood to the east.
Harahan's chief road is Jefferson Highway which shifts from Claiborne Avenue as it enters Jefferson Parish and dead ends in Kenner at the intersection of Williams Blvd.
Harahan is positioned at 29 56 28 N 90 12 7 W (29.941085, -90.202020) and has an altitude of 7 feet (2.1 m). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 2.5 square miles (6.5 km2), of which 2.0 square miles (5.2 km2) is territory and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km2) (19.59%) is water.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $44,702, and the median income for a family was $55,319.
Harahan is home to Colonial Golf and Country Club, one of only three golf courses positioned in East Jefferson (the East Bank of Jefferson Parish).
Harahan's enhance schools are directed by the Jefferson Parish Public School System (JPPSS). The town/city is zoned to Harahan Elementary School (Harahan), Riverdale Middle School (Jefferson), and Riverdale High School (Jefferson). In regards to the advanced studies academies, students are zoned to Airline Park Academy. In 2012 the Jefferson Parish ground of the International School of Louisiana (ISL) charter school opened in a leased JPPPS building on South Clearview Parkway in Elmwood.
Private Schools in Harahan include St.
Rita, a Catholic Elementary and Middle School, and Faith Lutheran, a K-12 Private Lutheran School.
Jefferson Parish Library operates the Harahan Library. a b "Harahan, Louisiana".
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