Carville, Louisiana

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| name = Carville

| settlement_type = Neighborhood

| subdivision_type = United States

| subdivision_type1 = Louisiana

| subdivision_type2 = Iberville Parish

| subdivision_type3 = San Gabriel

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| image_skyline = Carville Marine Hospital 1.tiff

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| population_total = 700

| population_density_sq_mi = 55

| postal_code = 70721

| postal_code_type = Zip code

| area_blank1_title = Founded 1909

| established_date = 1909

| established_title = The community is renamed "Carville"

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Carville is a neighborhood of St. Gabriel, located in Iberville Parish in southern Louisiana, sixteen miles south of Baton Rouge, on the Mississippi River. Best known as the childhood hometown of famed political consultant James Carville, it is also known for its sixty-five-year history as the only place in America to treat leprosy until outpatient treatment became viable in 1981.{{Cite web |title=About the City of St. Gabriel |url=https://cityofstgabriel.us/community/page/about-city-st-gabriel |access-date=2024-02-08 |website=St. Gabriel, Louisiana |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=History of the National Hansen's Disease (Leprosy) Program {{!}} HRSA |url=https://www.hrsa.gov/hansens-disease/history |access-date=2024-02-08 |website=www.hrsa.gov}} Nowadays, that legacy is celebrated at the National Hansen’s Disease Museum, which educates visitors about the condition.{{Cite web |last=Carville |first=Carville Hansen's Disease Museum 5445 Point Clair Rd |last2=Maps |first2=LA 70721 See map: Google |title=Carville Hansen's Disease Museum |url=https://cityofstgabriel.us/community/page/carville-hansens-disease-museum |access-date=2024-02-08 |website=St. Gabriel, Louisiana |language=en}}

Neighborhood Name

The area was renamed for James Carville's grandfather postmaster Louis Arthur Carville in 1909, to differentiate the area — formerly called "Island" — from the many other places in Louisiana with that name.{{Cite web |title=Carville, LA - Places.US.Com |url=https://places.us.com/ |access-date=2024-02-08 |website=Places}}

Carville National Leprosarium

"In 1917, on February 3rd, Senate Bill number 4086, an act to establish a National Leprosarium in Carville, Louisiana, [was] passed by the US Senate." The result was a U.S. Public Health Service hospital named "Carville National Leprosarium," and dedicated to treating leprosy.{{Cite news|last=B.|first=C.|last2=Beaty|first2=J. K.|date=1950-03-05|title=Spring Tours By Car and Boat Through Louisiana|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1950/03/05/archives/spring-tours-by-car-and-boat-through-louisiana-fourleaf-clovers.html|access-date=2022-01-20|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web|last=Leighninger|first=Robert|date=January 5, 2011|title=Carville National Leprosarium|url=https://64parishes.org/entry/carville-national-leprosarium|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-20|website=64 Parishes|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927110603/https://64parishes.org/entry/carville-national-leprosarium |archive-date=2020-09-27 }}

The former site of the long-closed hospital has been known as the Gillis W. Long Center since 1986. Named for the late U.S. Representative Gillis William Long, a Democrat from Louisiana's 8th congressional district, it is operated by the Louisiana Army National Guard, and the facility now includes the National Hansen’s Disease Museum.

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External links

[https://www.hrsa.gov/hansens-disease/history 100 Years of Carville's History]
[https://www.myneworleans.com/carvilles-legacy/ Carville's Legacy]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20110220142038/http://la.ng.mil/installations/gillis-long/Pages/default.aspx Gillis W. Long Center Web site]
[https://www.hrsa.gov/hansens-disease/museum The National Hansen's Disease Museum]

References

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Category:Louisiana populated places on the Mississippi River

Category:St. Gabriel, Louisiana

Category:Neighborhoods in Louisiana