Ironton, Louisiana
Ironton is an unincorporated community in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana 29°38′55″N 89°57′41″E / 29.64861°N 89.96139°E (29.648N, -89.961 O.)[1]
It is on the west bank of the Mississippi River, between Louisiana Highway 23 and the River. The community has been historically mostly African-American. During the reign of segregationist Plaquemines Parish boss Leander Perez (and continuing under his immediate successors) Ironton was denied development granted to White communities in the area; Ironton had no running water until 1980, and that only after stories of the residents demand for running water had been publicized by Time Magazine and 60 Minutes.[2]
Like most of the area, Ironton was devastated by Hurricane Katrina and its resulting storm surge in 2005.
References
- ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ↑ Leander Perez: Boss of the Delta, by Glen Jeansonne, University of Mississippi Press, 2006, p. 397
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