Galveztown
Villa de Gálvez (Spanish) | |
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 Official plan for Galveztown. | |
  Galveztown  Galveztown | |
| Coordinates: 30°20′31″N 90°53′20″W / 30.34194°N 90.88889°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Louisiana |
| Parish |  Ascension Parish |
| MCD | Parish Governing Authority District 5 |
| Historic colonies | Louisiana (New Spain) Louisiana (New France) |
| Established | November 22, 1778[1] |
| Abandoned | 1810 |
| Named for | Bernardo de Gálvez |
| Elevation | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (Central) |
| ZIP code | 70769 |
| Area code | 225 |
| GNIS feature ID | 540630 |
Galveztown (/ˈɡælvɛztaʊn/), or Villa de Gálvez (Spanish: [ˈbiʝa ðe ˈɣalβes]), is a ghost town located at the confluence of Bayou Manchac and the Amite River in Ascension Parish, Louisiana.[2][1][3][4] Galveztown was established in 1778 with the settlement of Canary Islanders colonists and Anglo-Americans fleeing the American Revolutionary War.[1][5][6][7] Due to deplorable conditions and disease, the settlement was eventually abandoned and many residents fled to Spanish Town in 1806.[1][6][8] Some former residents remained in the area and established the community of Gálvez, Louisiana during the first half of the nineteenth century.[1]
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- ^ Fisher, Bernard (2015-07-10). "Galveztown Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
- ^ Langley, Greg (2009-03-15). "Digging into History: Group searching for artifacts from lost village of Galveztown in Ascension Parish" (PDF). The Advocate (Louisiana). p. 3. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
- ^ Tortorich, Michael. "Excavation uncovers Galveztown artifacts". Gonzales Weekly Citizen - Gonzales, LA. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
- ^ Hyland, William de Marigny. "Los Isleños – A Historic Overview". Los Isleños Heritage and Cultural Society of St. Bernard. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
- ^ a b Mann, Rob (2012). "Plazas and Power: Canary Islanders at Galveztown, an Eighteenth-Century Spanish Colonial Outpost in Louisiana". Historical Archaeology. 46 (1): 49–61. doi:10.1007/BF03376859. ISSN 0440-9213. JSTOR 23264523. S2CID 160477071.
- ^ "Atchafalaya National Heritage Area Louisiana". National Park Service. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
- ^ Tortorich, Michael. "History of Canary Islanders in Louisiana explored in author visit". Plaquemine Post South - Plaquemine, LA. Archived from the original on 2021-09-14. Retrieved 2020-11-09.