Bob Acres is a small unincorporated community in rural Iberia Parish, Louisiana

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. It was established as a train station

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 by American

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 actor

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 Joseph Jefferson

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Joseph Jefferson, commonly known as Joe Jefferson , was an American actor. He was the third actor of this name in a family of actors and managers, and one of the most famous of all American comedians....

, who owned nearby Orange Island (now Jefferson Island), an inland salt dome

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 that only appeared to be an island from a distance. Jefferson named Bob Acres after a character (see Bob Acres

Bob Acres

Bob Acres is a character in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The Rivals.Acres was a coward, whose “courage always oozed out at his finger ends”. He was popularly played in the 19th century by American actor Joseph Jefferson....

) in The Rivals

The Rivals

The Rivals, a play by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, is a comedy of manners in five acts. It was first performed on 17 January 1775.- Production :...

, one of the plays in which the actor appeared.