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The Sidney A. Murray Jr. Hydroelectric Station, also known as Louisiana Hydroelectric (LA Hydro), opened in response to a need for a non-polluting, less-costly power source for Vidalia, Louisiana. A site approximately 40 miles south of the town was selected for the new facility. The 192 MW plant started full-scale operations in 1990. [1]
Central Regional High School teacher Mark Haug (right) stands with an officer from the Vidalia Police Department in the parking lot of a Walmart in Vidalia, Georgia, where Haug joined the disaster ...
Vidalia is the largest city and the parish seat of Concordia Parish, Louisiana, United States. [2] The population was 4,299 as of the 2010 census. [3]Vidalia is located on the west bank of the Mississippi River.
The city also extends very slightly into Montgomery County. [6] As of the 2020 census, the city population was 10,785. [3] Vidalia is the principal city of the Vidalia Micropolitan Statistical Area, a micropolitan area that covers Montgomery and Toombs counties, [7] and had a combined population of 35,640 at the 2020 census. [8]
The Vidalia Senior Center is operated by the Concordia Council on Aging. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the parish has a total area of 747 square miles (1,930 km 2), of which 697 square miles (1,810 km 2) is land and 50 square miles (130 km 2) (6.7%) is water. [10] The parish is completely agricultural bottomlands.
The Vidalia Micropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties in Georgia (Montgomery and Toombs), anchored by the city of Vidalia, the largest city in Toombs County.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 245 square miles (630 km 2), of which 240 square miles (620 km 2) is land and 5.2 square miles (13 km 2) (2.1%) is water. [ 12 ] The southeastern quarter of Montgomery County is located in the Altamaha River sub-basin of the larger river basin by the same name.
Old River low-sill control structure discharging water into the Atchafalaya, May 2011. The Old River Control Structure is a floodgate system in a branch of the Mississippi River in central Louisiana. It regulates the flow of water from the Mississippi into the Atchafalaya River, thereby