[6] St. Michael's Church Historic District and Jefferson College (now a Jesuit retreat center called Manresa House of Retreats), along with several historic homes in Convent, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

On February 23, 2016, an extremely large wedge tornado hit the Sugar Hill RV park with two dead and several people injured.

[7][8] Located on the east bank of the Mississippi River, the town is only 16 feet (4.9 meters) above sea level.

[9] The town of Convent is home to a Royal Dutch Shell, Hydrogen cracking refinery that can produce 210k barrels of day of consumer petroleum products.

[15][14] The plant produces 129,000 kg of annual air emissions that are high risk, including cobalt and cobalt compounds[5] which is in high demand for the production of lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles.