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Unincorporated community in Louisiana, U.S.

Unincorporated community in Louisiana, United States
Creole, Louisiana
Unincorporated community
Creole, Louisiana is located in LouisianaCreole, LouisianaCreole, LouisianaLocation 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 Code70632

Creole is an unincorporated community in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, United States. The ZIP Code for Creole is 70632.

History

A post office was established at Creole in March 1890. The community was probably named for the Louisiana Creole people. The label 'Creole' refers to those born in colonial Louisiana and their descendants. 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).

Education

Cameron Parish School Board is the school district for all of the parish.

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
Municipalities and communities of Cameron Parish, Louisiana, United States
Parish seat: Cameron
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