Wallace
Wallace is a census-designated place in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 570 at the 2000 census. It is part of the New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner Metropolitan Statistical Area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet with 671 residents
- Description: place in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, United States of America
- Also known as: “Wallace, LA”, “Wallace, Louisiana”, and “Willow Grove”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gramercy Bridge and Whitney Plantation Historic District.
Gramercy Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Gramercy Bridge, is a cantilever bridge over the Mississippi River connecting Gramercy, Louisiana in St. James Parish with St. John the Baptist Parish.
Whitney Plantation Historic District
Museum
Photo: Bill Leiser, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Whitney Plantation Historic District is preserved by the Whitney Institute, a non-profit whose mission is to educate the public about the history and legacies of slavery in the Southern United States.
Evergreen Plantation
Photo: Clément Bardot, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Evergreen Plantation is a plantation located on the west side of the Mississippi River in St. John the Baptist Parish, near Wallace, Louisiana, and along Louisiana Highway 18. Evergreen Plantation is situated 2 miles southeast of Wallace.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gramercy and Lutcher.
Gramercy
Town
Photo: Louisiana GOHSEP, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gramercy is a town in the U.S. state of Louisiana, in St. James Parish. It is part of the New Orleans Metropolitan Area. The population was 3,613 at the time of the 2010 U.S. census and 3,188 according to the 2020 population estimates program.
Lutcher
Town
Lutcher is a town in St. James Parish, Louisiana, United States, on the east bank of the Mississippi River. It is part of the Greater New Orleans metropolitan area. Lutcher is situated 2 miles west of Wallace.
Vacherie
Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Vacherie is an unincorporated community in St. James Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is part of the New Orleans Metropolitan Area. The name of the place derives from the French word for cowshed.
Wallace
Latitude
30.04326° or 30° 2′ 36″ northLongitude
-90.66731° or 90° 40′ 2″ westPopulation
671Elevation
20 feet (6 metres)Open location code
862F28VM+83OpenStreetMap ID
node 151805572OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
4344888Wikidata ID
Q2555012
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Wallace” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “والاس”
- Catalan: “Wallace”
- Cebuano: “Wallace”
- Chechen: “Воллес”
- Chinese: “Wallace”
- Chinese: “華萊士”
- Dutch: “Wallace”
- French: “Wallace”
- German: “Wallace”
- Gilaki: “والاس (لۊئيزيانا)”
- Gilaki: “والاس”
- Irish: “Wallace”
- Italian: “Wallace”
- Ladin: “Wallace”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Wallace”
- Persian: “والیس، لوئیزیانا”
- Persian: “والیس”
- Polish: “Wallace”
- Portuguese: “Wallace”
- Serbian: “Волас”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Wallace, Louisiana”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Wallace”
- South Azerbaijani: “والئیس، لوئیزیانا”
- Spanish: “Wallace”
- Swedish: “Wallace, Louisiana”
- Swedish: “Wallace”
- Tatar: “Воллес”
- Ukrainian: “Воллес”
- Volapük: “Wallace”
- Welsh: “Wallace”
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Highlights include St John Fire Department Station 92 and Woodville Cemetery.
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