Jennings, LA Road Trips
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Trip Routes
1
Longest Drive
208.6 mi
Bossier City, LA
Quickest Drive
4h 13m
Bossier City, LA
Plan Around Jennings, LA
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Jennings, LA by the Numbers
Recent demographic snapshot from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey.
Population
9,679
Median Income
$45,194
Median Home Value
$140,800
Median Age
38.4
Source: US Census Bureau ACS 5-year (public domain). See our methodology for details.
Jennings, LA at a Glance
Founded
1888
Elevation
85 ft
Area
4 mi²
Notable People from Jennings, LA
A sampling of people born in Jennings, LA.
Travis Etienne
1999
American football player (born 1999)
Justin Kelly
1978
American film director
Dick Winslow
1915–1991
American actor (1915-1991)
Al Woods
1987
American football player
City data from Wikidata (Q2461688), available under CC0. Photos from Wikimedia Commons under their respective licenses. See our methodology for details.
Traveler Guide to Jennings, LA
Jennings is in Southwest Louisiana.
Jennings was born as a railroad town, then segued into oil and gas exploration and became the site of the first oil well to produce in Louisiana. It's part of the Acadiana prairie region and caters to travelers along I-10.
1 W.H Tupper General Merchandise Museum, 311 N Main Street, ☏ +1 337 821-5532. Tu-W 10AM-2PM, Th-F 10AM-4PM, Sa 10AM-3PM. An old-timey mercantile as it was when it closed in 1949 and history museum with old telephone switchboards and penny-farthings, etc. (updated Jan 2021)
1 Gator Chateau, 100 Rue de l'Acadie (in Oil and Gas Park), toll-free: +1 800 264-5521. M-Sa 9AM-5PM. This unique place will allow you the chance to hold a baby gator - how novel is that? A center for alligator education and displaced baby alligator habilitation until they can be released into the wild. Adjacent to the facility is a settler's cabin replica, oil derrick, and pond to represent a snippet of Acadiana. Education Center free but donations accepted. (updated Sep 2021)
1 Greens Cafe, 603 N State St, ☏ +1 337 824-1002. M-F 11AM-7PM, Sa-Su 11AM-2PM. Has some local cuisine such as catfish. (updated Sep 2021)
1 Hampton Inn & Suites Jennings, 310 Fred & Ruth Zigler Memorial Dr, ☏ +1 337 824-2699. It may seem like kind of a desolate place for a Hilton property, but at least you can build up your points. (updated Sep 2021)
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