WELCOME TO ASCENSION PARISH 9039 St. Landry Rd · Building C · Gonzales, LA · 70737 Phone: (225) 621-5799 · Fax: (225) 621-5794 Contact Us Map Us Ascension Parish is along the banks of the Mississippi River, 50 miles west of New Orleans and 30 miles south of Baton Rouge. The parish is in the heart of Plantation Country, which offers quaint towns surrounded by scattered sugarcane fields and adventurous swamplands. Donaldsonville, founded in 1806 on the west side of the river, is the parish seat. Ascension Parish is one of many in Louisiana offering bed and breakfast inns to tour, spend a weekend and enjoy the history and beautiful picturesque sites as you go back in time to the 1800s. Read more... SUB-TOPICS • Calendar • Master Gardener • 4-H • Fisheries • Lamar-Dixon Expo Center • Agriculture & Horticulture • Contact Us • Family & Consumer Sciences • Parish Profile • News PUBLICATIONS • Statewide Newsletters • For Sale Publications • Management Guides • Publications Catalog • 4-H Rap-Up • Bugs, Bugs, Bugs • Clover Connections • Gumbo Net • Healthy Kids • Horticulture Hints • Lagniappe Fisheries • Living Well • Sweet Potato News   LATEST Ascension Parish 4-H Clover Column The Leaf-Footed Bug, A Common Fall Pest of Satsumas Fall Armyworms 2012 Ascension Master Gardener Class A True Team Effort Food and Fitness Ascension Jr. 4-H Livestock Association Outdoor Skills Junior Leaders Camps, Conference, Trips and Awards Click for more information... FEATURED PARISH INFORMATION • Value of Extension • Soil Lab • Plant Diagnostic Center • Parish Economic Profile • State Livestock Show • 2012 Spring Floods