Smoke Bend
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Louisiana, United States of America
- Also known as: “Smoke Bend, LA”, “Smoke Bend, Louisiana”, and “Smokebend”
Places of Interest
Highlights include River Road African American Museum and Palo Alto Plantation.
River Road African American Museum
Museum
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River Road African American Museum is a museum of culture and history in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, United States. Founded in 1994, it was among the first Louisiana museums to tell the story of Africans and African Americans, both slave and free. River Road African American Museum is situated 2 miles east of Smoke Bend.
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.
Landry Tomb
Tomb
Photo: Z28scrambler, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Landry Tomb is an historic burial vault located in the cemetery of the Ascension of Our Lord Catholic Church in Donaldsonville, Louisiana. The two stage granite monument, containing 24 vaults, was built in 1845 and its design is attributed to James H. Landry Tomb is situated 2 miles east of Smoke Bend.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Donaldsonville.
Donaldsonville
Photo: Z28scrambler, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Smoke Bend
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Ascension, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
30.10853° or 30° 6′ 31″ northLongitude
-91.02038° or 91° 1′ 13″ westElevation
20 feet (6 metres)Open location code
862C4X5H+CROpenStreetMap ID
node 151949405OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to French—“Smoke Bend” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “斯莫克本德”
- French: “Smoke Bend”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as McCall and Palo Alto.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Second Mount Olive Baptist Church and Emanuel Cemetery.
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