Creole, Louisiana

Creole, Louisiana
Unincorporated community
Creole, Louisiana is located in Louisiana
Creole, Louisiana
Creole, Louisiana
Location within the state of Louisiana
Coordinates: 29°47′46″N 93°06′41″W / 29.79611°N 93.11139°W / 29.79611; -93.11139
CountryUnited States
StateLouisiana
ParishCameron
Post office establishedMarch 1890
Named forLouisiana Creole people
ZIP 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

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Creole, Louisiana
  2. ^ "Creole ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Daniel Brown (October 9, 2020). "Hurricane Delta Tropical Cyclone Update". www.nhc.noaa.gov. Miami, Florida: National Hurricane Center. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  6. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Cameron Parish, LA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved February 19, 2024. - Text list


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