Editing Chackbay, Louisiana (section)

==Geography==
Chackbay is located along the northern edge of Lafourche Parish at {{Coord|29|53|9|N|90|47|27|W|type:city}}.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> Its northern boundary is the border with [[St. James Parish, Louisiana|St. James Parish]].

Settlement follows the major roads through the community, which follow higher ground. Large areas away from the roads are wetland and mainly undeveloped. [[Louisiana Highway 20]] runs through the western part of the CDP, leading south {{convert|7|mi|0}} to [[Thibodaux, Louisiana|Thibodaux]], the [[parish seat]], and northeast {{convert|13|mi}} to [[Vacherie, Louisiana|Vacherie]]. [[Louisiana Highway 304|Highway 304]] runs west and southwest from Highway 20 to [[Bayou Lafourche]] west of Thibodaux, and [[Louisiana Highway 307|Highway 307]] runs east to [[Kraemer, Louisiana|Kraemer]]. Unincorporated communities within the Chackbay CDP are, from west to east, Choupique, Chegby, and Chackbay.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the Chackbay CDP has a total area of {{convert|73.9|km2|order=flip}}, all of it recorded as land.<ref name=Gazetteer>{{cite web| url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_22.txt| title=U.S. Gazetteer Files: 2019: Places: Louisiana| website=U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division| access-date=February 19, 2020}}</ref>