New Iberia in Iberia Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)
Jefferson Island
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, July 1, 2017
1. Jefferson Island Marker
Erected 1970 by The Louisiana Tourist Commission.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1870.
Location. 29° 58.342′ N, 91° 58.208′ W. Marker is in New Iberia, Louisiana, in Iberia Parish. It is at the intersection of Rip Van Winkle Road (Parish Road 702) and Excalibur Road, in the median on Rip Van Winkle Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5505 Rip Van Winkle Road, New Iberia LA 70560, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Louisiana’s Acadiana Cajun Country and specifically in Bayou Country. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and on the Gulf Coast. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, Acadia, 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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Dedicated to the Memory of Joseph Jefferson (approx. 0.3 miles away); Lake Peigneur (approx. 0.3 miles away); Bayou Carlin Cove (approx. 2.3 miles away); First Lt. Brandon R. Dronet (approx. 4 miles away); Private Farrell J. Vice (approx. 4 miles away); The 1964 Fall of the Erath Water Tower (approx. 4 miles away); The Erath Sugar Company (approx. 4 miles away); Acadian Prairie Settlement (approx. 5 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in New Iberia.
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Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, July 1, 2017
2. Jefferson Island Marker
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, July 1, 2017
3. Rip Van Winkle Mansion
Credits. This page was last revised on May 27, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 7, 2017, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 784 times since then and 40 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 7, 2017. 3. submitted on July 7, 2017, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.
