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{{Use American English|date=June 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Pearl River, Louisiana
| official_name = Town of Pearl River
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| image_skyline = Pearl River, Louisiana Municipal Complex.JPG
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| motto = Home of the Honey Island Swamp
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| established_title = Incorporation (Village)
| established_date = May 24, 1906
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| established_date1 = 1964
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| leader_party = Republican
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| leader_name = David McQueen (R) (Reelected 2018)
| leader_title1 = Chief of Police
| leader_name1 = Jack Sessions (R) (Elected 2018)
| leader_title2 = Alderwoman
| leader_name2 = Bridgett Yates Bennett (2014–present) (R)
| leader_title3 = Alderwoman
| leader_name3 = Angel Galloway (I)
| leader_title4 = Alderman
| leader_name4 = Joe D. Lee (R)
| leader_title5 = Alderwoman
| leader_name5 = Kathryn "Kat" Walsh (R)
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'''Pearl River''' is a [[town]] in [[St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana|St. Tammany Parish]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Louisiana]]. The population was 2,506 at the [[2010 United States census|2010 U.S. census]],<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=https://www.census.gov| title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Pearl River town, Louisiana| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| accessdate=February 21, 2012}}</ref> and 2,618 at the 2020 [[Population Estimates Program|population estimates program]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=City and Town Population Totals: 2010-2020|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/technical-documentation/research/evaluation-estimates/2020-evaluation-estimates/2010s-cities-and-towns-total.html|access-date=July 19, 2021|website=The United States Census Bureau|language=EN-US}}</ref> It is part of the [[New Orleans]]–[[Metairie, Louisiana|Metairie]]–[[Kenner, Louisiana|Kenner]] [[New Orleans metropolitan area|metropolitan statistical area]].

==History==
The community that is today Pearl River was originally known as '''Halloo''', a moniker it reputedly garnered from loggers yelling to one another as they labored along the nearby [[Pearl River (Mississippi–Louisiana)|Pearl River]]. The town was founded in 1859. Early Halloo was a small railroad town, located at the junction of the Northeastern and Poitevent and Favre's [[East Louisiana Railroad|East Louisiana]] Railroads. In 1886 a train station was constructed at the site, and two years later Samuel Russ Poitevent (June 4, 1852– June 3, 1904), established the first store in the village. The community's name was first changed from Halloo (1859) to Pearl (1878), later to Pearlville (1881), and eventually Pearl River, in 1888, after the train station built in the town.

On July 13, 1898, the 200 citizens of Pearl River voted to petition the state of Louisiana for incorporation as the "Village of Pearl River", a request which was granted nearly a decade later, on May 24, 1906, by governor [[Newton Crain Blanchard]], with G.W. Fuller as the first mayor. The village slowly modernized over the course of the next half century, acquiring the land for a [[courthouse]] in 1935 and a town hall ten years later. Pearl River Junior High was opened in 1963, but the building was made into a police training academy in 2005. In 1964, the village insignia was replaced, as the newly minted "town" laid claim to 1,500 residents, a designation that lives on today, in the town of about 2,500.

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|9.3|sqkm|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|9.0|sqkm|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.2|sqkm|disp=flip|1}}, or 2.27%, is water.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.census.gov| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Pearl River town, Louisiana| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| accessdate=February 21, 2012}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1910= 277
|1920= 364
|1930= 264
|1940= 612
|1950= 637
|1960= 964
|1970= 1361
|1980= 1693
|1990= 1507
|2000= 1839
|2010= 2506
|2020= 2565
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Pearl River racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US2259445&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 28, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 2,131
| 83.08%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 76
| 2.96%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 12
| 0.47%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 14
| 0.55%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
| 3
| 0.12%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 155
| 6.04%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 174
| 6.78%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 2,565 people, 902 households, and 639 families residing in the town. At the 2019 [[American Community Survey]],<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Geography Profile: Pearl River town, Louisiana|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2259445|access-date=July 19, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref> 92.5% of the population was White, 3.8% Black and African American, 3.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, and 0.5% from two or more races. There was a median household income of $56,061 and families lived in 902 housing units. An estimated 13.5% of the population lived at or below the poverty line in 2019.<ref name=":1" />

==Education==
Residents are zoned to [[St. Tammany Parish Public Schools]] schools.
* 1-5: Riverside Elementary School (unincorporated St. Tammany Parish)<ref>[http://maps.stpsb.org/boundarieswebpage/images/rselo.jpg Riverside Elementary Boundary]. [[St. Tammany Parish Public Schools]].</ref>
* 6-8: Creekside Junior High School (unincorporated St. Tammany Parish)<ref>[http://maps.stpsb.org/boundarieswebpage/images/csjlo.jpg Creekside Junior High Boundary]. [[St. Tammany Parish Public Schools]].</ref>
* 9-12: [[Pearl River High School (Louisiana)|Pearl River High School]] (Pearl River)<ref>[http://maps.stpsb.org/boundarieswebpage/images/prh.jpg Pearl River High School Boundary]. [[St. Tammany Parish Public Schools]].</ref>

==Notable people==
*[[A. G. Crowe]], a native of New Orleans, served 8 years in the Louisiana House of Representatives and 8 years in the Louisiana Senate (2000–2016) as well as a Member of the St. Tammany Parish School Board.
*[[Owen Hale]], former Drummer for Lynyrd Skynyrd<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://photos.nola.com/4500/gallery/delta_mudcats_drummer_owen_hal/index.html#/0 |title=Delta Mudcats drummer Owen Hale - Photo Gallery - NOLA.com |access-date=July 22, 2016 |archive-date=August 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806171114/http://photos.nola.com/4500/gallery/delta_mudcats_drummer_owen_hal/index.html#/0 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[WOTB]]: a contemporary Christian radio station in Pearl River

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*{{cite book | first=Dan | last=Ellis | title=Slidell: "Camellia City" | location=Pass Christian, Mississippi | year=1999 }}

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{{St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana}}

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[[Category:Towns in Louisiana]]
[[Category:Towns in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana]]
[[Category:Towns in the New Orleans metropolitan area]]

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