Morgan City, Louisiana Morgan City, Louisiana City Morgan City Louisiana aerial Location of Morgan City in Louisiana Location of Louisiana in the United States Morgan City is a town/city in St.
Mary Parish in the State of Louisiana.
Morgan City sits on the banks of the Atchafalaya River.
1 Capture of Brashear City 2 Morgan City During the American Civil War, Star Fort or Fort Brashear was the larger of two works erected by the Union Army occupying the town/city to defend a Federal military depot and the town.
Attacking the next day, they surprised and captured the city, 1,300 Union prisoners, 11 heavy siege guns, 2,500 stands of rifles, immense quantities of quartermaster, commissary and ordnance stores, as well as 2,000 negroes and between 200 and 300 wagons and tents, while suffering losses of only 3 killed, 18 wounded. In 1876, the community's name was changed to Morgan City in tribute to Charles Morgan, a rail and steamship magnate who first dredged the Atchafalaya Bay Ship Channel to accommodate ocean-going vessels. On October 28, 1985, Hurricane Juan (not to be confused with the 2003 storm of the same name) made landfall near Morgan City, flooding many parts of the city.
Young in 1905 in Morgan City, Louisiana, as a hybrid between a range of blackberries.
Morgan City is positioned at 29 42 3 N 91 11 50 W (29.700828, -91.197314) 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 6.2 square miles (16.1 km2), of which 6.0 square miles (15.5 km2) is territory and 0.27 square miles (0.7 km2), or 4.03%, is water. If the Mississippi River were to experience a primary course change in the vicinity of the Old River Control Structure or Morganza Spillway, the chief channel of the river would likely enter the Gulf of Mexico near Morgan City freshwater New Orleans. As of the census of 2000, there were 12,703 citizens , 5,037 homeholds, and 3,394 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 71.28% White, 23.90% African American, 0.91% American Indian (U.S.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 26.4% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 27.7% from 25 to 44, 23.3% from 45 to 64, and 13.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $28,324, and the median income for a family was $36,196.
The per capita income for the town/city was $14,577.
Morgan City High School Morgan City Junior High School "Morgan City, Louisiana".
Www.cajuncoast.com "Morgan City" Boyd Finch, "Surprise at Brashear City: Sherod Hunter's Sugar Cooler Cavalry," Louisiana History, Fall 1984, pp.
Www.oceanmarine.com "The Area of Morgan City, Louisiana History" "Morgan City Historical Marker".
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Morgan City city, Louisiana".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013".
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