Marrero, Louisiana
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Louisiana |
| Parish | Jefferson |
| Coordinates | 29°53′10″N 90°06′36″W / 29.88611°N 90.11000°WCoordinates: 29°53′10″N 90°06′36″W / 29.88611°N 90.11000°W |
| Area | 8.6 sq mi (22.3 km2) |
| - land | 8.1 sq mi (21 km2) |
| - water | 0.5 sq mi (1 km2), 5.81% |
| Population | 33,141 (2010) |
| Density | 4,091.5/sq mi (1,579.7/km2) |
| Timezone | CST (UTC-6) |
| - summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Area code | 504 |
  Location of Marrero in Louisiana
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Marrero is a census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States. Marrero is on the West Bank of the Mississippi River, within the New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 36,165 at the 2010 census.
Marrero was named in honor of Louisiana politician and founder of Marrero Land Company, Louis H. Marrero.
Louis Herman Marrero was born in Adams County, Mississippi, on July 17, 1847. When he was a child his family moved to St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana.
During his school years at Jackson, Louisiana, the American Civil War began and Marrero joined Captain Scott's Command, later known as the 25th Louisiana Regiment.
Marrero is located west of the Intracoastal Canal on the Mississippi River, at coordinates 29°53′10″N 90°6′36″W / 29.88611°N 90.11000°W (29.886017, -90.109930).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 8.6 square miles (22.2 km²), of which, 8.1 sq mi (21 km2) of it is land, and 0.5 sq mi (1.3 km2) of it (5.96%) is water.
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