West Pointe à la Hache, Louisiana

Unincorporated community in Louisiana, U.S.

West Pointe à la Hache is an unincorporated community in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States.[1][2]

The community, which stands on Louisiana Highway 23, is on the southwest bank of the Mississippi River with Pointe à la Hache directly across the river to the northeast, to which it is connected by the Pointe à la Hache Ferry.[3]

Woodland Plantation, which has been depicted on the label of Southern Comfort since the 1930s, is an antebellum mansion in the community. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

References

  1. ^ "West Pointe a la Hache, Louisiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana Planning Map
  3. ^ Pointe à la Hache, LA, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1964
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29°34′10″N 89°48′02″W / 29.56944°N 89.80056°W / 29.56944; -89.80056

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