Vacherie, Louisiana

Vacherie is an unincorporated community in St. James Parish, Louisiana, United States. The name of the place derives from the French word for cowshed. On the SW side of the community is the 1,969 ft (600 m) WZRH/KVDU-Tower, a guyed mast noted as the tallest tower in the state of Louisiana.

Vacherie
Unincorporated community
The St. Joseph Plantation house, built in 1840, is located in Vacherie
Vacherie Location of Vacherie in Louisiana
Coordinates: 30°00′40″N 90°43′10″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(s)	225
Website	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright_violations

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]

Education

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

• 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 (U.S. TV series) Season 1 Contestant

References

1. "True Detective Tree location in Vacherie, LA". Virtual Globetrotting. 28 February 2014.
2. "North Vacherie CDP, Louisiana". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 12 February 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
3. "South Vacherie CDP, Louisiana". U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 12 February 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
4. Home. Vacherie Elementary School. Retrieved on 14 February 2017. "13440 Highway 644 Vacherie LA 70090"
5. "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: South Vacherie CDP, LA." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on 13 February 2017.
6. "Membership in the Louisiana State Senate, 1880-Present" (PDF). senate.la.gov. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
7. "Alfred C. Williams". intelius.com. Retrieved 24 April 2015.