Mandeville, Louisiana Mandeville, Louisiana Location of Mandeville in Louisiana Mandeville is a small town/city in St.
The populace was 11,560 at the 2010 census. Mandeville is positioned on the North Shore of Lake Pontchartrain, south of Interstate 12.
It is athwart the lake from the town/city of New Orleans and its southshore suburbs.
The region had long been agricultural territory when the town of Mandeville was laid out in 1834 by developer Bernard Xavier de Marigny de Mandeville, more often known as Bernard de Marigny.
In the mid-19th century, regular daily steamboat traffic between New Orleans and Mandeville began, and by the end of the Victorian era, it had turn into a prominent weekend destination of the New Orleans middle class as well.
Bands would play music on the ships going athwart the lake and at pavilions and dance halls in Mandeville, and the town became one of the first places where the new "jazz" music was heard outside of New Orleans.
Bunk Johnson, Buddy Petit, Papa Celestin, George Lewis, Kid Ory, Edmond Hall, Chester Zardis, and many other early jazz artists regularly played in Mandeville.
In the late 19th century, Mandeville was home of the Harvey School, a college preliminary institution.
Two buildings from early jazz history still stand in Mandeville.
For years the Hall hosted some of the jazz greats and was reopened in 2000 as the Dew Drop Jazz & Social Hall, a live jazz venue.
(This was one of the earliest "Dew Drop" dance halls; venues athwart the South were similarly named, including the club in New Orleans where Little Richard got his start.) The new road spurred the expansion of Mandeville and the encircling area as a suburban commuter improve for citizens working in New Orleans.
This trend increased in the 1980s and 1990s, further integrating Mandeville into the Greater New Orleans urbane area.
Mandeville is home to Southeast Louisiana Hospital, a mental community facility.
Mandeville is also home to the biggest certified southern live oak tree, the Seven Sisters Oak.
Mandeville was affected by Hurricane Katrina's storm surge in August 2005 and received water and wind damage.
Mandeville was titled one of the Relocate America Top 100 Places to Live in 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, and 2009. Mandeville was among the recipients of Google's e - City award in 2013, given to those metros/cities whose small businesses most effectively employ the internet to attract customers. Mandeville is the hometown of USA Today Best Selling Author Julie Jarnagin, Cajun fiddler and bandleader Amanda Shaw, the modern group 12 Stones, the progressive modern band As Cities Burn, comedian Theo Von, Wilco bassist John Stirratt, and actor and surroundingalist Ian Somerhalder.
Willem Mc - Cormick lived in Mandeville for a several years while writing music before moving to Los Angeles, as did former US soccer nationwide team player Jason Kreis before entering MLS - where he is now a head coach after a productive playing career.
Sirius XM's The Mike Church Show is broadcast from a studio in Mandeville 5 days per week by Mike Church, who is a native of the city.
Singer/songwriter Lucinda Williams spent time in Mandeville as a child and noted the town in her song "Crescent City" - which has been veiled by the rest including Emmylou Harris.
Mandeville has an active political scene, Eddie Price having been propel mayor for a several terms commencing in 1996.
Treen spent his later years in Mandeville.
A second Mandeville Republican, Paul Hollis, holds the District 104 seat in the state House effective January 9, 2012.
Morrell, a former state representative for District 97 in New Orleans and the current clerk of the Ouachita Parish Criminal Court, formerly lived in Mandeville.
Former New Orleans Saints offensive lineman Jim Dombrowski lives in Mandeville.
Former Saints Wide Receiver Rich Mauti lives in Mandeville, and his son, Saints Linebacker Michael Mauti, is from Mandeville.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 6.8 square miles (17.7 km2), of which 6.7 square miles (17.4 km2) is territory and 0.12 square miles (0.3 km2), or 1.55%, is water. In the city, the populace was spread out, with 27.3% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 28.9% from 25 to 44, 24.5% from 45 to 64, and 11.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
Mandeville High School Mandeville Elementary School Mandeville Middle School Mandeville Junior High School Mandeville has one sister city, as designated by Sister Cities International: "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Mandeville city, Louisiana".
Cindy Chang, "Mandeville mayor resigns under fire" in Times-Picayune, 2009 October 10, pp.
B4; Cindy Chang, "Council to pick interim mayor: Mandeville then will call special election" in Times-Picayune, 2009 October 12, Saint Tammany Edition, pp.
Suzanne Le Breton, "Lyons titled interim mayor for Mandeville" in St.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Mandeville city, Louisiana".
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