Modeste, Louisiana
Unincorporated community in Louisiana, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Modeste, Louisiana is an unincorporated village in Ascension, Parish, Louisiana.[1] The community is located along the Mississippi River on Louisiana Highway 405, north of the parish seat of Donaldsonville, between Hohen Solms (area of the Germania-Elise Plantation),[2] and Philadelphia Point, due south and across the river from Geismar.
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Coordinates: 30°10′16″N 91°0′53″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Louisiana |
Parish | Ascension |
Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code | 225 |
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Modeste was the home of sugar cane plantation owner Leonard Julien (1910-1994) that invented a sugarcane-planting machine[3][4] Julien lived in the old Babin Place that he purchased from Dr. John Harvey Lowery.[5]