Port Allen in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)
Allendale Plantation
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, September 5, 2015
1. Allendale Plantation Marker
Erected 1959 by West Baton Rouge Historical Association.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Government & Politics • War, US Civil. A significant historical year for this entry is 1852.
Location. 30° 29.404′ N, 91° 16.732′ W. Marker is in Port Allen, Louisiana, in West Baton Rouge Parish. It is at the intersection of Allendale Road and Ronald Reagan Highway (U.S. 190), on the right when traveling south on Allendale Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Port Allen LA 70767, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Louisiana’s River Parishes, in Acadiana Cajun Country, and in Greater Baton Rouge. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and in the Great River Road Region. 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, 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: Calumet Plantation (approx. 1½ miles away); Rosedale Road (approx. 2.6 miles away); James "Slim Harpo" Moore (approx. 3.2 miles away); St. Mark Baptist Church (approx. 3.3 miles away); Cohn High School (approx. 4.2 miles away); Old Cohn High School (approx. 4.2 miles away); Stone Square Lodge No. 8 (approx. 4.4 miles away); Poplar Grove Plantation (approx. 4½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Port Allen.
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Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, September 5, 2015
2. Allendale Plantation Marker
Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, July 12, 2025
3. Allendale Plantation Marker
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