Donaldsonville is a city in, and the parish seat of Ascension Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. Located along the River Road of the west bank of the Mississippi River, it is a part of the Baton Rouge metropolitan statistical area. At the 2020 U.S. census, it had a population of 6,695.
Southeast
Donaldsonville
Ascension County, LA
Population
6,799
Walk Score
78 · Very Walkable
Median rent
$734
Median home value
$163,800
Founded
1806
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Ascension Parish Courthouse, Jail, and Louisiana Square
- Donaldsonville Historic District · listed 1984
Notable landmarks
- Evan Hall Slave Cabins · listed 1983
- Fort Butler · listed 1999
- Landry Tomb · listed 1982
- Lemann Store · listed 1982
- Palo Alto Dependency · listed 1992
- Palo Alto Plantation · listed 1977
- St. Emma · listed 1980
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