Boothville, Louisiana
Boothville, Louisiana | |
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Unincorporated community | |
Boothville, Louisiana | |
Coordinates: 29°20′37″N 89°25′11″W / 29.34361°N 89.41972°WCoordinates: 29°20′37″N 89°25′11″W / 29.34361°N 89.41972°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Louisiana |
Parish | Plaquemines |
Area | |
• Total | 3.723 sq mi (9.64 km2) |
• Land | 2.149 sq mi (5.57 km2) |
• Water | 1.574 sq mi (4.08 km2) |
Elevation | −3 ft (−1 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 854 |
• Density | 230/sq mi (89/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code(s) | 504 |
GNIS feature ID | 533330[3] |
Boothville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States. Its population was 854 as of the 2010 census.[2][Link to precise page]
Jeré Longman of The New York Times stated that before Hurricane Katrina in 2005 the community served as "a hub of the fishing and oil and gas industries."[4]
History[]
Boothville was named for Colonel Booth, a landowner.[5]
Education[]
Plaquemines Parish School Board operates the public schools of the parish.
It is served by Boothville-Venice Elementary School in Boothville and South Plaquemines High School in Buras.[6] Prior to 2005 (PreK-12) served the community,[7] but Hurricane Katrina damaged the original building.[6]
Plaquemines Parish is in the service area of Nunez Community College.[8]
References[]
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
- ^ "Boothville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- ^ "Life Is Complicated at Louisiana School". The New York Times. 2006-11-15. Archived from the original on 2016-12-03. Retrieved 2016-12-03. - Print: page D1, New York edition, "Life Is Complicated At Louisiana School"
- ^ Leeper, Clare D'Artois (19 October 2012). Louisiana Place Names: Popular, Unusual, and Forgotten Stories of Towns, Cities, Plantations, Bayous, and Even Some Cemeteries. LSU Press. p. 44. ISBN 978-0-8071-4740-5.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Plaquemines Parish Comprehensive Master Plan 8. Public Facilities and Services Archived 2017-03-05 at the Wayback Machine." Plaquemines Parish. p. 9/34. Retrieved on December 3, 2016.
- ^ "Boothville-Venice High School." Plaquemines Parish School Board. March 22, 2004. Retrieved on December 3, 2016.
- ^ "Our Colleges". Louisiana's Technical and Community Colleges. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
External links[]
- Census-designated places in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
- Census-designated places in Louisiana
- Unincorporated communities in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
- Unincorporated communities in Louisiana
- Louisiana populated places on the Mississippi River
- Populated coastal places in Louisiana
- Census-designated places in New Orleans metropolitan area
- Louisiana geography stubs