Nesser, Louisiana

Nesser, Louisiana
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 30°23′54″N 91°03′07″W
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Parish	East Baton Rouge
Elevation [1]	39 ft (12 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	70805
Area code	225
GNIS feature ID	543515 [1]
FIPS code	22-53860

Nesser is an unincorporated community in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community is located 2 miles (3.2 kilometres) northwest of Old Jefferson and 2 miles (3.2 kilometres) southeast of Westminster.

Etymology

The community is named after Ludwig Nesser. A German from Trier, Germany that immigrated to Baton Rouge to work on a plantation owned by the Garig family. After getting married he purchased five acres of land and a built a small house. Then in 1883 the United States Federal Government established a post office in the region. They appointed Nesser as the first postmaster. He served as the postmaster until 1897.^[2][3]

Siegen Lane

When the Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company built a line through the area they renamed the road Siegen Lane.^[2]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Nesser, Louisiana
2. Clare D’Artois Leeper (October 19, 2012). Louisiana Place Names: Popular, Unusual, and Forgotten Stories of Towns, Cities, Plantations, Bayous, and Even Some Cemeteries. LSU Press. pp. 174–. ISBN 978-0-8071-4740-5.
3. Merrill, Ellen C. (November 30, 2014). Germans of Louisiana. Pelican Publishing. pp. 100–. ISBN 978-1-4556-0484-5.