Vacherie, Louisiana
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. It fell in 2021 after being damaged by Hurricane Ida.
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The St. Joseph Plantation house, built in 1840, is located in Vacherie | |
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| Coordinates: 30°00′40″N 90°43′10″W / 30.01111°N 90.71944°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Louisiana |
| Parish | St. James |
| Elevation | 16 ft (5 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 225 |
The best known location in the community is the Oak Alley Plantation. There are several other historic plantations in the area: Laura, Desire, St. Joseph, and Felicity. The last two were combined in 1890.
Vacherie was used as a filming location for the TV series True Detective.[1]
Census-designated places edit
- Vacherie is split into two census-designated places, North Vacherie and South Vacherie, by the United States Census Bureau. As of the 2000 census, North Vacherie had a population of 2,462[2] and South Vacherie had a population of 3,543.[3]
Education edit
St. James Parish Public Schools operates public schools. St. James High School is located in Vacherie. Vacherie Elementary School in South Vacherie serves the community.[4][5]
Notable people edit
- George T. Oubre, state senator from 1968 to 1972 from Vacherie;[6] ran for state attorney general against William J. Guste in the 1971 Democratic primary election.
- Alfred C. Williams, state representative for East Baton Rouge Parish since 2015; former Vacherie resident[7]
- Avis White, MasterChef season 1 contestant[8]
References edit
- ^ "True Detective Tree location in Vacherie, LA". Virtual Globetrotting. 28 February 2014.
- ^ "North Vacherie CDP, Louisiana". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 12 February 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
- ^ "South Vacherie CDP, Louisiana". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 12 February 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
- ^ Home. Vacherie Elementary School. Retrieved on 14 February 2017. "13440 Highway 644 Vacherie LA 70090"
- ^ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: South Vacherie CDP, LA." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on 13 February 2017.
- ^ "Membership in the Louisiana State Senate, 1880-Present" (PDF). senate.la.gov. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
- ^ "Alfred C. Williams". intelius.com. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ "Avis White". IMDb. Retrieved 8 June 2022.