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Weather 27°C, Wind W at 16 km/h, 50% Humidity Parish St. James Parish, Louisiana Points of interest Oak Alley Plantation, Laura Plantation, St Joseph Plantation, Magnolia Park | ||
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.
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Map of Vacherie, LA 70090, USA
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.
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 and South Vacherie had a population of 3,543.
Education
St. James Parish Public Schools operates public schools. Vacherie Elementary School in South Vacherie serves the community.