Nesser, Louisiana

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Nesser, Louisiana
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Nesser, Louisiana
Coordinates: 30°23′54″N91°03′07″W / 30.39833°N 91.05194°W / 30.39833; -91.05194
Country United States
State Louisiana
Parish East Baton Rouge
Elevation
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39 ft (12 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
70805
Area code 225
GNIS feature ID543515 [1]
FIPS code 22-53860

Nesser is an unincorporated community in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community is located 2 miles (3.2 kilometres) northwest of Old Jefferson and 2 miles (3.2 kilometres) southeast of Westminster.

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Etymology

The community is named after Ludwig Nesser. A German from Trier, Germany that immigrated to Baton Rouge to work on a plantation owned by the Garig family. After getting married he purchased five acres of land and a built a small house. Then in 1883 the United States Federal Government established a post office in the region. They appointed Nesser as the first postmaster. He served as the postmaster until 1897. [2] [3]

Siegen Lane

When the Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company built a line through the area they renamed the road Siegen Lane. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Nesser, Louisiana
  2. 1 2 Clare D’Artois Leeper (October 19, 2012). Louisiana Place Names: Popular, Unusual, and Forgotten Stories of Towns, Cities, Plantations, Bayous, and Even Some Cemeteries. LSU Press. pp. 174–. ISBN   978-0-8071-4740-5.
  3. Merrill, Ellen C. (November 30, 2014). Germans of Louisiana. Pelican Publishing. pp. 100–. ISBN   978-1-4556-0484-5.