Louisiana · LA
Mandeville
A lakefront resort across Lake Pontchartrain from New Orleans.
- Population
- 13,192 (2020 census)
- Founded
- 1834
- Causeway
- 1956
Then
- 1834
Bernard de Marigny lays out the town on his land and names it for himself.
- 1800s
Daily steamboats bring New Orleanians across the lake to escape the summer heat.
- 1895
The Dew Drop Social and Benevolent Hall is built; early jazz greats including Kid Ory play there.
- 1956
The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway opens, turning Mandeville into a commuter town.
Now
The Dew Drop Jazz and Social Hall hosts music again, and Fontainebleau State Park covers Marigny's old plantation on the lakeshore.