Shewsbury is an unincorporated town in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana

Jefferson Parish, Louisiana

Jefferson Parish is a parish in Louisiana, United States that includes most of the suburbs of New Orleans. The seat of parish government is Gretna....

, along the Mississippi River

Mississippi River

The Mississippi River is the largest river system in North America. Flowing entirely in the United States, this river rises in western Minnesota and meanders slowly southwards for to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico. With its many tributaries, the Mississippi's watershed drains...

 about 1 mile upriver from the border of the city of New Orleans. The name came into use in the 19th century, and became less commonly used towards the end of the 20th century, when surrounding communities of unincorporated Jefferson grew together as a suburb

Suburb

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 of New Orleans.

The area known as Shrewsbury is now generally considered to be part of Jefferson, Louisiana

Jefferson, Louisiana

Jefferson is a census-designated place in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, on the East Bank of the Mississippi River. Jefferson is part of the New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 11,843 at the 2000 census...

. It is located around the river end of Causeway Boulevard. It is part of the Greater New Orleans Metropolitan area

Metropolitan area

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.

The name is reflected in such local street names as Shrewsbury Court, Shrewsbury Road, and West Shrewsbury Road.

The area is home to the Camp Parapet

Camp Parapet

Camp Parapet was a Civil War fortification at Shrewsbury, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, a bit more than a mile upriver from the current city limits of New Orleans.-History:...

 Powder Magazine, one of the last remnants of the American Civil War

American Civil War

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 in the New Orleans area.

Shrewsbury, Louisiana is referred to in the Rhythm & Blues song Shrewsbury Blues, written by Dave Bartholomew

Dave Bartholomew

Dave Bartholomew is a musician, band leader, composer and arranger, prominent in the music of New Orleans throughout the second half of the 20th century...

 and recorded by Tommy Ridgeley, a native of the area.