Morgan City
a city of Louisiana, the port of entry of St. Mary parish, about 70 miles W. of New Orleans. It is on the Louisiana and Texas railroad and on the Intercoastal canal. The town has regular steamship connections with important Gulf ports and its sugar, lumber, and truck-gardening industries are important. There is also a considerable trade in fur, hides, and live-stock. The city has a city hall, court house, high school, Elks Home, and a handsome park.
The city was the scene of important actions during the Civil War. Pop. (1910) 5.477; (1920) 5,429.
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