Melrose is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States,
including the
Melrose Plantation and surrounding area, on Louisiana Highway 119. In addition to the historic
plantation
Plantations are farms specializing in cash crops, usually mainly planting a single crop, with perhaps ancillary areas for vegetables for eating and so on. Plantations, centered on a plantation house, grow crops including cotton, cannabis, tob ...
, the
Cane River Creole National Historical Park and Heritage Area encompass the Melrose area.
Melrose is part of the
Natchitoches Micropolitan Statistical Area.
References
External links
Melrose area attractions on deltablues.net
Unincorporated communities in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
Unincorporated communities in Louisiana
Populated places in Ark-La-Tex
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