Mount Hermon is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 in northwestern Washington Parish

Washington Parish, Louisiana

Washington Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. Its parish seat is Franklinton. In 2000, its population was 43,926....

, Louisiana

Louisiana

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, United States

United States

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. It is the home of the Yellow Jackets of Mount Hermon High School

Mount Hermon High School

Mount Hermon High School is located in Mount Hermon, Louisiana, United States. The high school is currently housed out of the same facility as the Mount Hermon elementary and junior high schools. The current principal is Ruth Stoudenmier. As of 2005-2006, the school had 12 full-time teachers...

. The Mile Branch Settlement at the Washington Parish Free Fair is the current home of the old one room school house that was originally built by the pioneer

Settler

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s of Mount Hermon, Louisiana

Louisiana

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.

Mount Hermon is part of the Bogalusa

Bogalusa, Louisiana

Bogalusa is a city in Washington Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 13,365 at the 2000 census. It is the principal city of the Bogalusa Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Washington Parish and is also part of the larger New Orleans–Metairie–Bogalusa...

 Micropolitan Statistical Area.

The Louisiana politician

Politician

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 Jesse Homer Bankston, Sr.

Jesse Bankston

Jesse Homer Bankston, Sr. was a politician within the Democratic Party of Louisiana, a businessman, and, at his death at the age of 103, a member of the board of Louisiana Public Broadcasting...

, was born in Mount Hermon n 1907.