Plaisance, Louisiana

Plaisance
Unincorporated community
Plaisance Location within the state of Louisiana
Coordinates: 30°36′45″N 92°07′34″W
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Parish	St. Landry
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)

Plaisance is an unincorporated community in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is the location of the former Plaisance High School, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1]

It is home to the Original Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Music Festival and it is home to the originator of Zydeco music, Mr. Clifton Chenier.[2]

Notable people

• James A. Joseph (born 1935), former United States Ambassador to South Africa[3]
• O'Neil Ray Collins (1931–1989), botanist and mycologist[4]

References

1. "NPGallery Asset Detail". npgallery.nps.gov. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
2. "St. Landry Parish". Center for Louisiana Studies. October 28, 2015. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
3. "The Honorable James Joseph's Biography". The HistoryMakers. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
4. Taylor, John W.; Silliker, Margaret E. (1993). "O'Neil Ray Collins, 1931-1989". Mycologia. 85 (5): 868–872. Retrieved December 25, 2020.