Plaquemine, LA Road Trips
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Trip Routes
1
Longest Drive
256.4 mi
Bossier City, LA
Quickest Drive
4h 45m
Bossier City, LA
Plan Around Plaquemine, LA
Popular Incoming Routes
Useful if Plaquemine, LA is the arrival point and you want the strongest routes into the city first.
Plaquemine, LA by the Numbers
Recent demographic snapshot from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey.
Population
6,136
Median Income
$76,857
Median Home Value
$181,600
Median Age
43.7
Source: US Census Bureau ACS 5-year (public domain). See our methodology for details.
Plaquemine, LA at a Glance
Founded
1775
Elevation
23 ft
Area
1 mi²
Notable People from Plaquemine, LA
A sampling of people born in Plaquemine, LA.
Clarence Williams
1893–1965
American jazz pianist, composer, promoter, vocalist, theatrical producer, and publisher (1893-1965)
Robert Freeman
1934–2016
Louisiana politician, lawyer and judge (1934–2016)
Samuel Matthews Robertson
1852–1911
American politician (1852–1911)
Davon Godchaux
1994
American football player (born 1994)
Landmarks & Historic Sites
Attractions and heritage-registered places located in Plaquemine, LA.
Plaquemine Historic District
historic district in Louisiana, United States
City data from Wikidata (Q1990254), available under CC0. Photos from Wikimedia Commons under their respective licenses. See our methodology for details.
Traveler Guide to Plaquemine, LA
Plaquemine is the seat of Iberville Parish in the River Parishes area of Louisiana.
The languid streets of this town hugging the Mississippi River seem to belie its booming entrepreneurial cotton market of the past, or the ugly race riot here of 1963 where white law enforcement descended upon a group of black protesters with horses and cattle prods, trying to root out a leader of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) named James Farmer. But it is a tranquil setting along the river, especially when visiting its main attraction, the Plaquemine Lock, and witnessing the grandeur of water and engineering.
1 Plaquemine Lock State Historic Site, 57730 Main St, ☏ +1 225 687-7158. Designed in 1909 by Colonel George Washington Goethals, who went on to design the Panama Canal, this structure is great fun to check out even though it's no longer operating: you can walk along the precipitous edges of the lock and still imagine how freight vessels were conveyed from Bayou Plaquemine to the Mississippi River. (updated Oct 2021)
1 Best Western Plaquemine Inn, 23235 LA-1 S, ☏ +1 225 385-4388. Practical, with pool and breakfast bar. (updated Oct 2021)
Plaquemine sits along the Great River Road (in this case Hwy 1), and is an easy 15 mile drive south of Baton Rouge, just past the sprawling Dow Plant.
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