West Pointe à la Hache, Louisiana

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West Pointe à la Hache is an unincorporated community in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States.{{cite gnis|540330|West Pointe a la Hache, Louisiana}}[http://plaqueminesparish.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/1_Plaquemines_Planning_Areas.pdf Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana Planning Map]

The community, which stands on Louisiana Highway 23, is on the southwest bank of the Mississippi River with Pointe à la Hache directly across the river to the northeast, to which it is connected by the Pointe à la Hache Ferry.Pointe à la Hache, LA, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1964

Woodland Plantation, which has been depicted on the label of Southern Comfort since the 1930s, is an antebellum mansion in the community. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana

Category:Unincorporated communities in Louisiana

Category:Louisiana populated places on the Mississippi River

Category:Unincorporated communities in the New Orleans metropolitan area

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