Waldheim, Louisiana

Waldheim, Louisiana
Waldheim, Louisiana
Unincorporated community
	Waldheim, Louisiana Waldheim, Louisiana
	Coordinates: 30°33′23″N 90°00′43″W / 30.55639°N 90.01194°W
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Parish	St. Tammany
Elevation	7 ft (2 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	70435
Area code	985
GNIS feature ID	1628434
FIPS code	22-79205

Waldheim is an unincorporated community in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community is located 7 mi (11 km) northeast of Covington on Louisiana Highway 21.^[2]

Etymology

The area around Waldheim was originally called St. Boniface by a local Reverend J. Ahrens and was named after Saint Boniface. Then on December 5, 1907, the community was renamed Waldheim meaning 'forest home' in the German language.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Waldheim, Louisiana
^ Louisiana Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 3rd ed., 2010, p. 48 ISBN 0899332862
^ Merrill, Ellen C. (November 30, 2014). Germans of Louisiana. Pelican Publishing. pp. 103–. ISBN 978-1-4556-0484-5.

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[GNIS-1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Waldheim, Louisiana

[2] Louisiana Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 3rd ed., 2010, p. 48 ISBN 0899332862

[C.2014-3] Merrill, Ellen C. (November 30, 2014). Germans of Louisiana. Pelican Publishing. pp. 103–. ISBN 978-1-4556-0484-5.

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Parish seat: Covington
Cities	Covington Mandeville Slidell
Towns	Abita Springs Madisonville Pearl River
Villages	Folsom Sun
CDPs	Eden Isle Lacombe Lewisburg
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Waldheim, Louisiana
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 30°33′23″N 90°00′43″W / 30.55639°N 90.01194°W / 30.55639; -90.01194
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Parish	St. Tammany
Elevation ^[1]	7 ft (2 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	70435
Area code	985
GNIS feature ID	1628434 ^[1]
FIPS code	22-79205