Morrisonville, Louisiana
Morrisonville | |
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Former town | |
Morrisonville Location in Louisiana Morrisonville Location in the United States | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Louisiana |
| Parish | Iberville Parish, Louisiana |
| Founded | 1870s |
| Founded by | Former slaves |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Morrisonville was a small town in Iberville Parish, Louisiana, United States that was contaminated with industrial pollution from a nearby Dow Chemical Company vinyl chloride factory. The town's residents — predominantly African American — were relocated in 1990 to Morrisonville Estates in Iberville Parish and Morrisonville Acres in West Baton Rouge Parish by Dow.