Belle Alliance, Louisiana Explained

Belle Alliance
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Louisiana
Subdivision Type2:Parish
Subdivision Name2:Assumption
Pushpin Map:Louisiana
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Belle Alliance in Louisiana
Coordinates:30.0514°N -91.0203°W
Area Total Sq Mi:2.5
Area Land Sq Mi:2.5
Area Water Sq Mi:0.0
Elevation Ft:26
Population As Of:2000
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:CST
Utc Offset1:-6
Timezone1 Dst:CDT
Utc Offset1 Dst:-5
Area Code:225

Belle Alliance is an unincorporated community in Assumption Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is part of the Pierre Part Micropolitan Statistical Area.

History

Belle Alliance is named after the Belle Alliance Plantation[1] located on the east bank of Bayou Lafourche in Assumption Parish, about five miles (8 km) out of Donaldsonville. During the 1770s, this 7000acres plot was granted to Don Juan Vives, a physician and military officer of the Spanish government.[2] The actual Belle Alliance Plantation was built by a successful sugar planter Charles Anton Kock, also owner of St. Emma Plantation around 1846.[3]

Today, the site is known as the community of Belle Alliance. The plantation is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Leeper, Clare D'Artois. Louisiana Place Names: Popular, Unusual, and Forgotten Stories of Towns, Cities, Plantations, Bayous, and Even Some Cemeteries. 19 October 2012. LSU Press. 978-0-8071-4740-5. 38.
  2. http://www.rootsweb.com/~laassump/belle.html www.rootsweb.com "BELLE ALLIANCE PLANTATION"
  3. http://www.discoverourtown.com/LA/local-172866.html www.discoverourtown.com "Belle Alliance Plantation"