Bob_Acres,_Louisiana

Bob Acres, Louisiana

Bob Acres, Louisiana

Unincorporated community in Louisiana, U.S.

For the fictional character, see Bob Acres.

Bob Acres is a small unincorporated community in rural Iberia Parish, Louisiana, United States. It was established as a train station by American actor Joseph Jefferson,[1] who owned nearby Orange Island (now Jefferson Island, Louisiana), an inland salt dome that only appeared to be an island from a distance. Jefferson named Bob Acres after the character Bob Acres in The Rivals, one of the plays in which the actor appeared.

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References

  1. [1]
    Benjamin McArthur, The Man Who Was Rip Van Winkle: Joseph Jefferson and Nineteenth-Century American Theatre (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007), p. 274.

29°56′55″N 91°57′55″W


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