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Plantation Country is located in the southeastern part of Louisiana, and the city of Baton Rouge is at its center. Other large cities in this region include Port Allen, Plaquemine, New Roads and Donaldsonville. As the name suggests, the parishes in this county have large, beautiful planation homes and historic forts, where crops, most notably cotton, were once grown in abundance. Louisiana's Great River Road runs through several parishes in this region. Some of the highlights include Whitney Plantation, on the historic River Road in St. John the Baptist Parish, Nottoway Plantation in Iberville Parish, and seven plantations in West Feliciana Parish, including Oakley House, and Audubon State Historic Site, and Rosedown Plantation, at State Historic Site. There are also many state parks featuring waterfront locations, sandy-bottomed creeks and campgrounds where visitors can enjoy hiking, fishing, biking, birding and nature trails. John James Audubon observed birds in this area and painted many of them in his "Birds of America" works.

Livingston Parish is located in the east central area of Louisiana's Plantation Country region. It is named for Edward Livingston, a prominent statesman who assisted in the drafting of Louisiana Civil Code of 1825. Denham Springs and Walker are cities in this parish, but the smaller town of Livingston is the parish seat, and there are several other small towns, villages and unincorporated communities. Tickfaw State Park on the Tickfaw River is part of the Gulf Coast Birding Trail, and Lake Maurepas borders the county to the south, with the nearby 67,000 acres of Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area. The parish has over 400 waterway miles where visitors can enjoy fishing, boating, and camping. There are a number of historical sites in the parish, including Old City Hall in Denham Springs, the French Settlement Historical Museum and The Carter Plantation House. Livingston Parish is one of just two sites in the U.S. for the National Science Foundation's Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO), and the data gathered used by the world scientific community.

Ascension Parish sits just west of Livingston County in the Plantation region of Louisiana. It is the fourth smallest parish by total area in the state. Donaldsonville is the parish seat and the largest city, with Gonzales also being a large city in the parish. There are more than 40 small towns and unincorporated communities. Ascension Parish has around 50 waterways, most significant include Amite River, Bayou Manchac, Bayou Lafourche, Blind River, Mississippi River, New River and Spanish Lake. Some attractions include Donaldsonville Riverwalk, Crescent Park, Ascension Veterans Memorial Park, Jambalaya Park and Amphitheater, River Road African American Museum, historic buildings and cemeteries and eight River Road plantations, including Houmas House, Bocage Plantation and St. Emma Plantation. The National Guard has engineer battalions in this parish.

East Baton Rouge Parish is located in the middle of Louisiana's Plantation Country. It is the most populous parish in the state, and the largest city is Baton Rouge which is also the parish seat and the state capital. Other cities include Baker, Zachary and Central City, and there are around 15 other census- designated and unincorporated communities. Bodies of water in this parish include the Amite River, Bayou Manchac, Mississippi River and Thompson Creek. There are several historic and scenic plantations in this Parish, including Audubon State Historic Site and Oakley House, where John James Audubon lived for a time. Other attractions include the Old Governor's Mansion, Southern Museum of Art, Shaw Center for the Arts, Capitol Park Museum and numerous theatres and galleries. Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge, Blackwater Conservation Area, Comite River Park, Frenchtown Road Conservation Area, Hooper Road Park, MaryAnne Brown Nature Reserve, a part of Tickfaw State Park, Tunica Hills State Wildlife Management Area and Waddill Wildlife Refuge, are in this parish, as well as numerous golf courses, country clubs, campgrounds and RV parks. Southern University, Louisiana State University, Louisiana Culinary Institute, Louisiana Technical College, Baton Rouge Community College, Delta College of Arts and Technology and Our Lady of the Lake College are all in East Baton Rouge Parish.