Poverty Point
Poverty Point State Historic Site/Poverty Point National Monument is a prehistoric earthwork constructed by the Poverty Point culture, located in present-day northeastern Louisiana.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Epps.
Epps
Village
Poverty Point
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Categories: tourism, archaeological site, and historic site
- Location: West Carroll, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
32.63524° or 32° 38′ 7″ north
Longitude
-91.41065° or 91° 24′ 38″ west
Elevation
95 feet (29 metres)
Open location code
864CJHPQ+3P
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
attraction=historic
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Poverty Point” goes by many names.
- French: “Pointe de Pauvreté”
- French: “Poverty Point”
- German: “Poverty Point”
- Portuguese: “Poverty Point”
- Spanish: “Poverty Point”
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