Editing Lacombe, Louisiana

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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Lacombe, Louisiana
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| settlement_type         = [[Census-designated place]]
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| image_skyline           = Bayou Cane - panoramio (1).jpg
| image_caption           = Cane Bayou
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| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = United States
| subdivision_type1       = State
| subdivision_name1       = Louisiana
| subdivision_type2       = Parish
| subdivision_name2       = [[St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana|St. Tammany]]
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| pushpin_map_caption     = Location of Lacombe in Louisiana 
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| area_footnotes          = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_22.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=March 20, 2022}}</ref>
| dunam_link              = 
| area_total_km2          = 71.25
| area_total_sq_mi        = 27.51
| area_land_sq_mi         = 26.45
| area_water_sq_mi        = 1.06
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| population_as_of        = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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| population_total        = 8657
| population_density_km2  = 126.38
| population_density_sq_mi = 327.33
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| timezone1               = [[North American Central Time Zone|CST]]
| utc_offset1             = -6
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| area_code               = [[Area code 985|985]]
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|blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
|blank_info = 22-40665
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'''Lacombe''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana|St. Tammany Parish]], [[Louisiana]], United States. The population was 8,679 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]],<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=https://www.census.gov| title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Lacombe CDP, Louisiana| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| access-date=February 21, 2012}}</ref> and 8,657 in 2020.<ref name=":0" />

==Geography==
Lacombe is located at {{Coord|30|18|54|N|89|55|53|W|type:city}} (30.314863, -89.931462).<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> According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|71.2|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|68.5|km2|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|2.7|km2|disp=flip}}, or 3.86%, is water.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.census.gov| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Lacombe CDP, Louisiana| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| access-date=February 21, 2012}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2020= 8657
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Lacombe racial composition as of 2020<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US2240665&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-28|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"|
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 5,483
| 63.34%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 1,755
| 20.27%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 54
| 0.62%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 47
| 0.54%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
| 2
| 0.02%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 671
| 7.75%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
| 645
| 7.45%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 8,657 people, 3,456 households, and 2,260 families residing in the CDP.

==Education==
Lacombe is within the [[St. Tammany Parish Public Schools]] district.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st22_la/schooldistrict_maps/c22103_st_tammany/DC20SD_C22103.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731232756/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st22_la/schooldistrict_maps/c22103_st_tammany/DC20SD_C22103.pdf |archive-date=2022-07-31 |url-status=live|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: St. Tammany Parish, LA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2022-07-31}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st22_la/schooldistrict_maps/c22103_st_tammany/DC20SD_C22103_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

Schools that serve most of Lacombe include:
* Chahta-Ima [[Elementary School]]<ref>[http://maps.stpsb.org/boundarieswebpage/images/CIE%20K-3.jpg Chahta-Ima Elementary attendance zone]. [[St. Tammany Parish Public Schools]]. Retrieved on July 7, 2018.</ref>
* Bayou Lacombe [[Middle School]]<ref>[http://maps.stpsb.org/boundarieswebpage/images/BLM%204-6.jpg Bayou Lacombe Middle attendance zone]. [[St. Tammany Parish Public Schools]]. Retrieved on July 7, 2018.</ref>
* Monteleone [[Junior High School]]<ref>[http://maps.stpsb.org/boundarieswebpage/images/LMJ%207-8.jpg Monteleone Junior High attendance zone]. [[St. Tammany Parish Public Schools]]. Retrieved on July 7, 2018.</ref>
* [[Lakeshore High School]]<ref>[http://maps.stpsb.org/boundarieswebpage/images/LSH%209-12.jpg Lakeshore High School attendance zone]. [[St. Tammany Parish Public Schools]]. Retrieved on July 7, 2018.</ref> - St. Tammany Parish's newest high school, opened August 2009<ref>{{cite web|title=Ribbon Cutting Held For Lakeshore High School|url=http://stpsb.org/news.php?id=1952|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090830034925/stpsb.org/news.php?id=1952|archive-date=2009-08-30}}</ref>

Schools that serve small sections of Lacombe:
* Woodlake Elementary School in [[Mandeville, Louisiana|Mandeville]] serves a small portion of western Lacombe<ref>"[http://maps.stpsb.org/boundarieswebpage/images/WLE%20K-3.jpg Woodlake Elementary attendance boundary]." [[St. Tammany Parish Public Schools]]. Retrieved on July 7, 2018.</ref>
* Mandeville Middle School near Mandeville<!--Not in the Mandeville city limits--> serves a small portion of western Lacombe<ref>[http://maps.stpsb.org/boundarieswebpage/images/MAM%204-6.jpg Madisonville Middle School attendance zone]. [[St. Tammany Parish Public Schools]]. Retrieved on July 7, 2018.</ref>
* Slidell Junior High School in [[Slidell, Louisiana|Slidell]] serves a small portion of eastern Lacombe<ref>[http://maps.stpsb.org/boundarieswebpage/images/SLJ%207-8.jpg Slidell Junior High School attendance zone]. [[St. Tammany Parish Public Schools]]. Retrieved on July 7, 2018.</ref>
* [[Slidell High School (Louisiana)|Slidell High School]] in Slidell serves a small portion of eastern Lacombe<ref>{{cite web |url=http://maps.stpsb.org/boundarieswebpage/images/SLH%209-12.jpg |title=Slidell High School Attendance Boundary - St. Tammany Parish Public |access-date=2018-07-07 }}</ref><!--Old URL: http://maps.stpsb.org/boundarieswebpage/images/slh.jpg-->

Previously [[Fontainebleau High School]] served much of Lacombe.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061201012429/http://maps.stpsb.org/boundarieswebpage/images/foh.jpg Fontainebleau High School Boundary]. [[St. Tammany Parish Public Schools]]. December 1, 2006. Retrieved on July 7, 2018.</ref>
Previously [[Mandeville High School]] served Lacombe.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}{{when|date=March 2024}}

St. Tammany Parish Library operates the Lacombe Branch.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sttammanylibrary.org/locations/12/|title=Lacombe Branch|publisher=St. Tammany Parish Library|access-date=2024-03-09|quote=28027 Hwy. 190 Lacombe, LA 70445}}</ref>

The main campus of [[Northshore Technical Community College]] is in Lacombe. This campus was established in January 2017.<ref name=Fox8Slidellclosed>{{cite web|url=https://www.fox8live.com/story/32844129/delgados-slidell-campus-closing-students-will-have-alternatives/|title=Delgado's Slidell campus closing; students will have alternatives|publisher=Fox 8 News|date=2016-08-25|accessdate=2021-05-19|quote=[...]Northshore Technical Community College or Nunez Community College, starting immediately.[...]}}</ref> St. Tammany Parish is within the service areas of two community colleges: NTCC, and [[Delgado Community College]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lctcs.edu/our-colleges|title=Our Colleges|publisher=[[Louisiana's Technical and Community Colleges]]|access-date=2021-06-03}}</ref>

==Notable people==
*[[Pete Schneider (Louisiana politician)|Pete Schneider]], former member of the [[Louisiana House of Representatives]] and Lacombe resident
*[[Adrien Rouquette]], (born in Louisiana in 1813, of French parentage; died in 1887) was a writer and a Catholic missionary among the Choctaw Native Americans.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline|Lacombe, Louisiana}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140725104505/http://northshoredeals.org/ NorthshoreDeals.org]

{{St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana}}
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[[Category:Census-designated places in Louisiana]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in the New Orleans metropolitan area]]