| Other Name: | Saint Rose |
| Settlement Type: | CDP |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Louisiana |
| Subdivision Type2: | Parish |
| Subdivision Name2: | St. Charles |
| Pushpin Map: | Louisiana |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of St. Rose in Louisiana |
| Coordinates: | 29.9606°N -90.3131°W |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 19.31 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 7.45 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 6.34 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 1.11 |
| Elevation Ft: | 10 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 7504 |
| Population Density Km2: | 457.04 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 1183.78 |
| Timezone1: | CST |
| Utc Offset1: | -6 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -5 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 70087[2] |
| Area Code: | 504 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 22-67740 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Land Km2: | 16.42 |
| Area Water Km2: | 2.89 |
Saint Rose (usually written as St. Rose) is a census-designated place (CDP) in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, United States. St. Rose is on the east bank of the Mississippi River, two miles (3 km) north of the Jefferson Parish border and is part of the Greater New Orleans metropolitan area. The population was 6,540 in the 2000 census, and 7,504 in 2020.[3]
The LaBranche Plantation Dependency House is located in St. Rose. It is a surviving building of the LaBranche Plantation. The main house was the plantation home built by the Zweig family in 1792. The plantation was based on the cultivation and processing of sugar cane and was dependent on slave labor. The big house was destroyed during the Civil War. One of the few buildings left on the property after the Civil War was the dependency house, also called a garconnière (French for bachelor quarters). The property also has a preserved slave quarters building.[4]
In 1873, Palmer Elkins purchased property in St. Rose. In 1880, Elkins invited freedmen and their families to move onto his property to receive training. He established what became known as "Elkinsville" or "Freetown".
St. Rose is located at (29.960421, -90.313094).[5]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 5.0 square miles (13.0 km), of which 4.0 square miles (10.5 km) is land and 1.0 square mile (2.6 km) (19.88%) is water.
| Number | Percentage | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| White (non-Hispanic) | 3,063 | 40.82% | |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 3,028 | 40.35% | |
| Native American | 13 | 0.17% | |
| Asian | 158 | 2.11% | |
| Pacific Islander | 3 | 0.04% | |
| Other/Mixed | 258 | 3.44% | |
| Hispanic or Latino | 981 | 13.07% |
St. Charles Parish Public School System operates public schools, including: