Vacherie, Louisiana

Vacherie
Unincorporated community
The St. Joseph Plantation house, built in 1840, is located in Vacherie
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Parish	St. James
Elevation	16 ft (4.9 m)
Coordinates	30°00′40″N 90°43′10″W / 30.01111°N 90.71944°WCoordinates: 30°00′40″N 90°43′10″W / 30.01111°N 90.71944°W
Timezone	CST (UTC-6)
- summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code	225
Location of Vacherie in Louisiana
Location of Louisiana in the United States

Vacherie is a small unincorporated community in St. James Parish, Louisiana, United States. The name of the place derives from the French word for cowshed. Near the community is the WCKW/KSTE-Tower, a guyed mast noted as one of the tallest such structures on Earth.

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

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]

Notable people

• George T. Oubre, state senator from 1968 to 1972 from Vacherie;^[4] 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^[5]

References

1. http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/true-detective-tree-location/
2. "North Vacherie CDP, Louisiana". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
3. "South Vacherie CDP, Louisiana". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
4. "Membership in the Louisiana State Senate, 1880-Present" (PDF). senate.la.gov. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
5. "Alfred C. Williams". intelius.com. Retrieved April 24, 2015.