Welcome to Happy Jack ...

Happy Jack is located in Plaquemines Parish<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Happy Jack, you might consider that their post office opened in 1874.

Happy Jack is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: Happy Jack lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Happy Jack: 504

Communities Also Named Happy Jack ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Happy Jack - it's located in Arizona.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Happy Jack.

Communities near Happy Jack ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Happy Jack.

• Grand Bayou Village ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Grand Bayou Village is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Bayou Village
• Pointe a la Hache
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Pointe a la Hache is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pointe a la Hache
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pointe a la Hache <3>
• West Pointe A La Hache
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • West Pointe A La Hache is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pointe A La Hache
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to West Pointe A La Hache
  • From Happy Jack to West Pointe A La Hache
• Daisy ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Daisy is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
• Woodland
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Woodland is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodland
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Woodland
  • From Happy Jack to Woodland
• Nairn
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Nairn is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nairn
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Nairn
  • From Happy Jack to Nairn
• Empire
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Empire is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Empire <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Empire
  • From Happy Jack to Empire
• Sunrise
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Sunrise is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Sunrise
  • From Happy Jack to Sunrise
• Myrtle Grove
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Myrtle Grove is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Grove
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Myrtle Grove
  • From Happy Jack to Myrtle Grove
• Monsecour
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Monsecour is located in Plaquemines Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monsecour
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Monsecour
  • From Happy Jack to Monsecour

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Happy Jack. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Happy Jack.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Happy Jack. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Happy Jack.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Happy Jack. See our Newspapers Page for Happy Jack.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Happy Jack ...

Looking for more information about Happy Jack? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Happy Jack, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Happy Jack.

Adding Happy Jack to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Happy Jack in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Happy Jack was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Happy Jack post office opened in 1874. The Happy Jack post office closed in 1958.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Happy Jack.