The parish seat of St. John the Baptist is Edgard. Parish size equals 218.9 square miles.
Agriculture: sugarcane.
Industry: Dupont, Cargill, Bayside, Godchaux-Henderson Sugar Company, Marathon Oil Refinery.
Tourist Attractions: "San Francisco", built in 1849, was the setting for Frances Parkinson Keyes' book, Steamboat Gothic. Evergreen Plantation, on the west bank of the river, was built in the 1820s and has been the setting for several movies. Thousands attend the annual Andouille Festival to taste the spicy sausage which the first settlers brought to the
area.