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Vacherie

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Architectural Buildings · History Museums · Historic Sites
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.Census-designated placesVacherie 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.
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    Popular things to do in Vacherie

    Oak Alley Plantation ©
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    Laura: Louisiana's Creole Heritage Site ©
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