Gray in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

Tomb Of Henry Schuyler Thibodaux

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, January 8, 2016

1. Tomb Of Henry Schuyler Thibodaux Marker

Inscription. Born Albany, New York, 1769. Died at his plantation near this place, 1827. "Father of Terrebone Parish" and Acting-Governor of Louisiana, 1824.

Erected 1951 by Department of Commerce and Industry.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Government & Politics • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1824.

Location. 29° 40.94′ N, 90° 47.101′ W. Marker is in Gray, Louisiana, in Terrebonne Parish. It is on West Main Street (State Highway 24) 0.1 miles south of Merlin Street, on the right when traveling south. Located in the Halfway Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Gray LA 70359, 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 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Mysteries of the Wetlands (approx. 0.3 miles away); Isles Dernieres (approx. 0.3 miles away); Wallace J. Thibodaux (approx. 1½ miles away); Sugar Row Plantations (approx. 3 miles away); Battle Of Lafourche Crossing (approx. 6.1 miles away); St. Charles Borromeo Church (approx. 6.3 miles away); Southdown High School (approx. 6.6 miles away); Orange Grove (approx. 6.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gray.

Also see . . . Henry Schuyler Thibodau

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2. Tomb Of Henry Schuyler Thibodaux Marker

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