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The Best Attractions In Franklinton

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Bogue Chitto State Park

Global Wildlife Center

Houmas House Plantation and Gardens

Whitney Plantation

Oak Alley Plantation

Laura Plantation: Louisiana's Creole Heritage Site

Nottoway Plantation

Franklinton is a town in and the parish seat of Washington Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 3,657 at the 2000 census. The elevation is an average of 155 feet above sea level. Located 61 miles north of New Orleans, the town's name is pronounced locally as Frank-lin-ton. Franklinton is part of the Bogalusa Micropolitan Statistical Area. A Franklinton physician, Jerry Thomas, represented Washington Parish in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1988–1999. He was elected to the District 12 seat in the state senate, serving from 1999-2004. He had succeeded Phil Short of Covington, who resigned. Prior to his state service, Dr. Th...
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The Best Attractions In Franklinton

1. Bogue Chitto State Park Franklinton
Bogue Chitto State Park is a recent addition to the Louisiana State Park system. It opened to the public on August 28, 2010, after a delay of approximately three months.The state park is located off Louisiana State Highway 25 south of Franklinton, in Washington Parish. The name Bogue Chitto is from the Choctaw language, bok chito, meaning big creek.Bogue Chitto State Park has a visitors center, a conference room, picnic pavilions, and a lodge overlooking a 90-foot bluff. Guests may stay at one of four upland cabins or park among the 81 recreational-vehicle sites. A group camp may be reserved for overnight visitors, as well. There is a canoe launch into the Bogue Chitto River, fishing piers, an amphitheater, and a water playground. The site contains eleven lakes stocked with freshwater fish...
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2. Whitney Plantation Wallace Louisiana
The Whitney Plantation Historic District is a museum devoted to slavery in the Southern United States. The district, including the main house and outbuildings, is preserved near Wallace, in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, on the River Road along the Mississippi River. The plantation was started in 1752 by German immigrants Ambroise Haydel and his wife, and their descendants owned it until 1867.The museum, comprising main portions of the 2,000-acre plantation property, opened its doors to the public for the first time in December 2014. It was founded by John Cummings, a trial attorney from New Orleans who has spent more than $8 million of his own fortune on this long-term project, and worked on it for nearly 15 years. The director of research is a Senegalese scholar, Ibrahima Seck, ...
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4. Oak Alley Plantation Vacherie
Quercus virginiana, also known as the southern live oak, is an evergreen oak tree native to the southeastern United States. Though many other species are loosely called live oak, the southern live oak is particularly iconic of the Old South. Many very large and old specimens of live oak can be found today in the deep southern United States.
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5. Laura Plantation: Louisiana's Creole Heritage Site Vacherie
6. Nottoway Plantation White Castle
Nottoway Plantation, also known as Nottoway Plantation House is located near White Castle, Louisiana, United States. The plantation house is a Greek Revival and Italianate-styled mansion built by John Hampden Randolph in 1859, and is the largest extant antebellum plantation house in the South with 53,000 square feet of floor space.
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7. Global Wildlife Center Folsom Louisiana

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Franklinton Louisiana Downtown Driving Tour

Driving through downtown Franklinton, Louisiana.

Franklinton is a town in and the parish seat of Washington Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 3,657 at the 2000 census. The elevation is an average of 155 feet above sea level. Located 61 miles north of New Orleans, the town's name is pronounced locally as Frank-lin-ton. Wikipedia

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