Uptown, New Orleans

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| name = Uptown

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| settlement_type = New Orleans Neighborhood

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = United States

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = Louisiana

| subdivision_type2 = City

| subdivision_name2 = New Orleans

| subdivision_type3 = Planning District

| subdivision_name3 = District 3, Uptown/Carrollton

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| area_total_sq_mi = 0.64

| area_land_sq_mi = 0.64

| area_water_sq_mi = 0.00

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| population_total = 3201

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Uptown is a primarily residential neighborhood of the city of New Orleans. A subdistrict of the Uptown/Carrollton Area, its boundaries as defined by the New Orleans City Planning Commission are: LaSalle Street to the north, Napoleon Avenue to the east, Magazine Street to the south and Jefferson Avenue to the west.

Geography

Uptown is located at {{Coord|29|55|34|N|90|06|28|W|type:city}} {{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}} and has an elevation of {{convert|2|ft|1}}.{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|access-date=2008-01-31|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date=2007-10-25}} According to the United States Census Bureau, the district has a total area of {{convert|0.64|mi2|1}}. {{convert|0.64|mi2|1}} of which is land and {{convert|0.00|mi2|1}} (0.0%) of which is water.

=Adjacent Neighborhoods=

Freret (north)
Milan (east)
Touro (east)
West Riverside (south)
Audubon (west)

=Boundaries=

The New Orleans City Planning Commission defines the boundaries of Uptown as these streets: LaSalle Street, Napoleon Avenue, Magazine Street and Jefferson Avenue.{{cite web|url=http://gnocdc.org/orleans/3/68/index.html|title=Uptown Neighborhood|author=Greater New Orleans Community Data Center|access-date=2008-06-21}} Uptown New Orleans is colloquially used to describe a number of neighborhoods between the French Quarter and Jefferson Parish line.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 6,681 people, 3,233 households, and 1,446 families living in the neighborhood.{{cite web|title=Uptown Neighborhood|url=http://gnocdc.org/NeighborhoodData/3/Uptown/index.html|publisher=Greater New Orleans Community Data Center|access-date=6 January 2012}} The population density was 10,439 /mi² (3,930 /km²).

As of the census of 2010, there were 5,984 people, 2,921 households, and 1,252 families living in the neighborhood.

Notable people

Jennifer Sneed Heebe, former state representative and Jefferson Parish council member, Uptown resident since 2008{{cite news|url=http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/08/sneed_resigns_jeff_council.html|title=Jennifer Sneed resigns Jefferson Parish Council|date=August 19, 2008|author=Richard Rainey|newspaper=New Orleans Times-Picayune|access-date=May 21, 2015}}
Peggy Wilson, former member of the New Orleans City Council, raised in Uptown{{cite news|url=http://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary.aspx?n=c-ellis-henican&pid=175239208#sthash.tckbo2eF.dpuf|title=C. Ellis Henican, Jr. obituary|newspaper=New Orleans Times-Picayune|access-date=July 10, 2015}}

References

{{Geographic location

|Centre = Uptown

|North = Freret

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|East = Milan
Touro

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|South = West Riverside

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Category:Neighborhoods in New Orleans