Vidalia in Concordia Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

Don José Vidal

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, May 27, 2017

1. Don José Vidal Marker

Inscription. Spanish Commandant Post of Concordia, 1798-1803. Served in Spanish Navy in the American Revolution. Spanish Consul in Natchez. Louisiana Legislature named Vidalia in his honor in 1811.

Erected 1998 by The Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Revolutionary.

Location. 31° 34.257′ N, 91° 26.4′ W. Marker is in Vidalia, Louisiana, in Concordia Parish. It is at the intersection of Carter Street (U.S. 425) and Murray Drive, on the right when traveling west on Carter Street. In front of Vidalia Chamber of Commerce building. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Vidalia LA 71373, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Louisiana.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Mississippi Delta.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself

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in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

the Louisiana Purchase,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Natchitoches - Natchez Road (approx. ¾ mile away); Natchez (approx. ¾ mile away); Post of Concord Established (approx. 1.2 miles away); Mississippi River (approx. 1.2 miles away); James Bowie (approx. 1.2 miles away); Great Mississippi River Flood of 1927 (approx. 1.2 miles away); Relocation of Vidalia (approx. 1.3 miles away); Sidney A. Murray, Jr., Hydroelectric Station (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Vidalia.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Sand Bar Fight (was approx. 0.9 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, May 27, 2017

2. Don José Vidal Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on March 18, 2022. It was originally submitted on May 27, 2017, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 605 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 27, 2017, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.