New Iberia in Iberia Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

Belmont Plantation

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, February 13, 2020

1. Belmont Plantation Marker

Inscription.
Land was an original Spanish Grant to Francois Pellerin. Property then owned successively by the Sterling, Peebles and finally the Wyche families. This plantation has produced sugar since the late 19th century and is site of unusual water powered sugarmill. The house was destroyed by fire in 1947.

Erected 1971 by The Louisiana Tourist Commission.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Colonial Era • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers.

Location. 30° 2.499′ N, 91° 48.479′ W. Marker is in New Iberia, Louisiana, in Iberia Parish. It is on Belmont Road (State Highway 86) 0.3 miles west of Daspit Road, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: 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,

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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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Episcopal Church Of The Epiphany (approx. 2.4 miles away); A Walk of Faith (approx. 2.4 miles away); Bayou Teche Patriots (approx. 2.4 miles away); The Erath Building (approx. 2.4 miles away); Teche Tunnel (approx. 2½ miles away); Hotel Frederic / Hôtel Frédéric / Hotel Frederic (approx. 2½ miles away); Mt. Carmel Academy (approx. 2½ miles away); Edwin Sidney Broussard (approx. 2½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in New Iberia.

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, February 13, 2020

2. Belmont Plantation Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on September 22, 2020. It was originally submitted on February 14, 2020, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 2,663 times since then and 221 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 14, 2020, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.