Bayou Goula in Iberville Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

Iberville African-American Cemetery

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, January 1, 2016

1. Iberville African-American Cemetery Marker

Inscription. A Memorial to Paulin Verret by his children in 1926. He was a free African-American wealthy planter in Bayou Goula prior to Civil War. Land donated was forty-eight feet wide and three arpents deep, for African-Americans of Iberville.

Erected by Preservation of Iberville, Inc.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Cemeteries & Burial Sites. A significant historical year for this entry is 1926.

Location. 30° 12.567′ N, 91° 11.214′ W. Marker is in Bayou Goula, Louisiana, in Iberville Parish. It is on State Highway 1 south of Cpl. Herman Brown Jr. Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: White Castle LA 70788, 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,

on the Gulf Coast,

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 Viceroyalty of New France,

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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Bayou Goula (approx. 0.3 miles away); White Alder Memorial Light (approx. 1.3 miles away); A Civil War Soldier (approx. 2.2 miles away); St. John Baptist Church (approx. 2.7 miles away); Mayor S. J. "Blue" Guercio, III (approx. 3.7 miles away); Staff Housing, U.S. Public Health Service Hospital, Carville (approx. 3.7 miles away); Triumph At Carville: A Tale of Leprosy in America

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(approx. 3.7 miles away); The Daughters of Charity (approx. 3.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bayou Goula.

Iberville African-American Cemetery and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, January 1, 2016

2. Iberville African-American Cemetery and Marker

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