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The town of Vidalia is the parish seat of Concordia Parish, in the US state of Louisiana. The population was 4,543 at the 2000 census. Vidalia is located at 31.568295, -91.434268. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 6.0 km² (2.3 mi²), all land.

Located across the Mississippi River from historic Natchez, Mississippi, Vidalia is a community built on history, yet moving toward the future.

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Vidalia is home to Louisiana’s first hydroelectric power plant and the largest prefabricated power plant in the world. A total of 41 countries and 21 states joined forces for this historic endeavor, the Sidney A. Murray, Jr. Hydroelectric Station, which is located in the southern portion of Concordia Parish. The Hydro office is located in Vidalia on Texas Street.

Tacony Plantation, a National Register property, is significant in Concordia Parish history as the home of planter Alfred Vidal Davis and is the only remaining brick antebellum house in the Vidalia area.

Vidalia also offers its newest feature – The Vidalia Riverwalk. The Riverwalk consists of restaurants, a hotel, specialty shops, amphitheater, public boat ramp and brings back the "rivertown" charm that Vidalia once had. We invite you to visit Vidalia – A City On The Move.

The Delta Museum, which is now housed in the former post office building in downtown Ferriday, LA honors Mickey Gilley, Jerry Lee Lewis, journalist Howard K. Smith, evangelist Jimmy Swaggart, Hollywood socialite Ann Boyar Warner and jazz musician Pee Wee Whittaker. The museum, featuring six life-sized exhibits, is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon.

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