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South Vacherie is a census-designated place (CDP) in St. James Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 3,543 at the 2000 census. In French, the name ...
Vacherie is an unincorporated community in St. James Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is part of the New Orleans Metropolitan Area. The name of the place derives from the French word for cowshed. On the SW side of the community used to be the 1,969 ft (600 m) WZRH/KVDU-Tower, a guyed mast noted as the tallest tower in the state of Louisiana.
Location of St. James Parish in Louisiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in St. James Parish, Louisiana.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in St. James Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Laura Plantation is a restored historic Louisiana Creole plantation on the west bank of the Mississippi River in Vacherie, Louisiana. [2] Formerly known as Duparc Plantation, it is significant for its early 19th-century Créole-style raised big house and several surviving outbuildings, including two slave cabins.
St. James Parish (French: Paroisse de Saint-Jacques) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana.The parish seat is Convent. [1] The parish was created in 1807. [2] St. James Parish is a part of the New Orleans–Metairie, Louisiana metropolitan statistical area, sitting between New Orleans and Baton Rouge on the Mississippi Ri
North Vacherie is a census-designated place (CDP) in St. James Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 2,411 at the 2000 census . Vacherie was noted in the 2000 census as being the town with the least mobility of all in the United States.
François-Gabriel "Valcour" Aime (1797–1867) was an American sugar planter, slave owner, and pioneer in the large-scale refining of sugar. Known as the "Louis XIV of Louisiana," he was reputedly the wealthiest person in the South.
La Porte (named by French explorers travelling up from the south, this area was the first clearing or "door" out of the heavy woods to the south.) [115] La Porte County [115] Lafayette (named for the French general, Marquis de Lafayette) [114] LaGrange County [114] Leroy [115] Ligonier; Marion County (named for Francis Marion) [113]: 98 ...