Creole, Louisiana

Unincorporated community in Louisiana, U.S.

Unincorporated community in Louisiana, United States

29°47′46″N 93°06′41″W / 29.79611°N 93.11139°W / 29.79611; -93.11139CountryUnited StatesStateLouisianaParishCameronPost office establishedMarch 1890Named forLouisiana Creole peopleZIP Code

70632

Creole is an unincorporated community in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, United States.^[1] The ZIP Code for Creole is 70632.^[2]

History

A post office was established at Creole in March 1890. The community was probably named for the Louisiana Creole people.^[3] The label 'Creole' refers to those born in colonial Louisiana and their descendants.^[4] On October 9, 2020, Hurricane Delta made landfall near the community as a Category 2 hurricane with winds of 100 mph (155 km/h) and a pressure of 970 mb (28.64 inHg).^[5]

Education

Cameron Parish School Board is the school district for all of the parish.^[6]

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Creole, Louisiana
^ "Creole ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
^ Leeper, Clare D'Artois (October 19, 2012). Louisiana Place Names: Popular, Unusual, and Forgotten Stories of Towns, Cities, Plantations, Bayous, and Even Some Cemeteries. LSU Press. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-8071-4740-5.
^ Hall, Gwendolyn Midlo (1992). Africans in colonial Louisiana : the development of Afro-Creole culture in the eighteenth century. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 0-585-32916-8. OCLC 45843432.
^ Daniel Brown (October 9, 2020). "Hurricane Delta Tropical Cyclone Update". www.nhc.noaa.gov. Miami, Florida: National Hurricane Center. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Cameron Parish, LA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved February 19, 2024. - Text list