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Traveling Vietnam War Memorial Wall while on display in Vidalia in June 2015 Riverfront amphitheater in Vidalia Concordia Bank and Trust Company in Vidalia Corn field in south Vidalia Vidalia is the biggest city and the church seat of Concordia Parish, Louisiana, United States. The populace was 4,299 as of the 2010 census. Vidalia is positioned on the west bank of the Mississippi River at 31 34 6 N 91 26 3 W (31.568295, -91.434268) and has an altitude of 66 feet (20.1 m). The town/city of Natchez, Mississippi, lies on the opposite bank of the river, connected by the Natchez Vidalia Bridge, carrying U.S.

According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 2.6 square miles (6.7 km2), all of it land. Vidalia was established by Don Jose Vidal, when the territory was under Spanish rule, before the United States acquired it in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803.

In 1976, the former West and Company Department Store in Vidalia, owned by the late H.

Vidalia is home to Louisiana's first hydroelectric power plant and the biggest prefabricated power plant in the world.

Vidalia City Hall is positioned at 200 Vernon Stevens Boulevard.

The Tacony Plantation in Vidalia is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. One of the community's favorite features is Vidalia Landing Riverfront Park which consists of beautifully landscaped green space, hotel, convention and conference center, amphitheater, ambulatory care center, acute care facility, walking/biking trail and enhance boat ramps.

Vidalia Landing Riverfront Park re-ignites the "rivertown" charm of the city's past.

Vidalia leaders joined to partner in the creation of Municipal Park.

With the City's purchase of 70+ acres, Concordia Recreation District #3 constructed a Sports Complex.

Municipal Park is also home to the newly constructed City Hall, Police Station, and Fire Department.

Polk City Park and the Vidalia Community Garden.

Through a grant from the TDF Foundation, both Vidalia Landing Riverfront Park and Municipal Park, are Wi - Fi accessible.

Concordia Parish is the northern gateway to the Atchafalaya Trace Heritage Area, a culturally rich natural wonder encompassing 13 churches in and around the Atchafalaya Basin.

The state of Louisiana and delegates from each of the thirteen impacted churches are working to bring this universal to its full potential over the next several years.

The Frogmore Plantation west of Vidalia is a 1,800-acre (730 ha) working cotton plantation with gins, slave row, and eighteen dependencies.

There were 1,779 homeholds out of which 33.4% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 51.5% were married couples living together, 16.5% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 27.5% were non-families.

In the town, the populace was spread out with 27.4% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 26.4% from 25 to 44, 23.0% from 45 to 64, and 15.1% who were 65 years of age or older.

About 17.8% of families and 19.1% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 25.2% of those under age 18 and 13.5% of those age 65 or over.

"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Vidalia town, Louisiana".

Winters, The Civil War in Louisiana, Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1963, ISBN 0-8071-0834-0, p.

"United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, New Orleans, October 23, 1986".

"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".

City of Vidalia official website Municipalities and communities of Concordia Parish, Louisiana, United States

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