Galveztown
Galveztown, or Villa de Gálvez, is a ghost town located at the confluence of Bayou Manchac and the Amite River in Ascension Parish, Louisiana. Galveztown was established in 1778 with the settlement of Canary Islanders colonists and Anglo-Americans fleeing the American Revolutionary War.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: ghost town in Louisiana, United States
- Also known as: “Galvez Town” and “Galveztown, Louisiana”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port Vincent and Prairieville.
Port Vincent
Village
Port Vincent is a village in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 741 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area. Port Vincent is situated 2½ miles east of Galveztown.
Prairieville
Town
Photo: Z28scrambler, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Prairieville is a census-designated place in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is south of Baton Rouge and north of Gonzales. Prairieville is an expanding bedroom suburb of Baton Rouge. Prairieville is situated 4 miles southwest of Galveztown.
Galveztown
- Categories: ghost town and locality
- Location: Ascension, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
30.34195° or 30° 20′ 31″ northLongitude
-90.88881° or 90° 53′ 20″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
862F84R6+QFOpenStreetMap ID
node 151813552OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
4325440Wikidata ID
Q109229638
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In Other Languages
From French to Russian—“Galveztown” goes by many names.
- French: “Galvèz”
- Persian: “گالوزتاون”
- Russian: “Галвезтаун”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Galvez Baptist Church and Bayou Manchaac.
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