Belle Terre
Belle Terre is a hamlet in Assumption Parish, Louisiana. Belle Terre is situated nearby to the hamlet Belle Alliance, as well as near Belle Rose.Places of Interest
Highlights include St. Emma Plantation and Palo Alto Plantation.
St. Emma Plantation
Building
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St. Emma Plantation is a 13,000-acre former sugar plantation and house in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, United States. The plantation was the scene of a Civil War skirmish Battle of Kock's Plantation in the summer of 18632.
Palo Alto Plantation
Building
Photo: Z28scrambler, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Palo Alto Plantation is an historic mansion located at the corner of LA-1 and LA-944, along Bayou Lafourche in Donaldsonville in Ascension Parish, Louisiana. Palo Alto Plantation is situated 1½ miles northwest of Belle Terre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Smoke Bend and Donaldsonville.
Smoke Bend
Hamlet
Smoke Bend is an unincorporated community in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, United States. A small cottage from the 1870s named Rome House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is located here. Smoke Bend is situated 2½ miles north of Belle Terre.
Donaldsonville
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Donaldsonville is a town of about 7000 in the south of Louisiana, along the Mississippi River. Its historic old town is considered to be one of the best kept examples of its kind, and home to a number of pre-Civil War monuments.
Paincourtville
Village
Paincourtville is a census-designated place in Assumption Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Paincourtville had a population of 857. Paincourtville is situated 6 miles southwest of Belle Terre.
Belle Terre
- Type: Hamlet
- Also known as: “Belle Terre Plantation”
- Category: locality
- Location: Assumption Parish, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
30.06964° or 30° 4′ 11″ northLongitude
-91.01593° or 91° 0′ 57″ westElevation
16 feet (5 metres)Open location code
862C3X9M+VJOpenStreetMap ID
node 151329687OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
4316367
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