Chackbay, Louisiana
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Chackbay is a census-designated place (CDP) in northern Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 5,370 in 2020. It is part of the Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux metropolitan statistical area.
Chackbay is a part of the "Ward 6" area of Lafourche Parish.<ref>"Chackbay 101 Pump Station." Lafourche Parish. Retrieved on December 2, 2016.</ref>
Geography
[edit]Chackbay is located along the northern edge of Lafourche Parish at Template:Coord.<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref> Its northern boundary is the border with 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 Template:Convert to Thibodaux, the parish seat, and northeast Template:Convert to Vacherie. Highway 304 runs west and southwest from Highway 20 to Bayou Lafourche west of Thibodaux, and Highway 307 runs east to 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 Template:Convert, all of it recorded as land.<ref name=Gazetteer>Template:Cite web</ref>
Demographics
[edit]| Race | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| White (non-Hispanic) | 4,742 | 88.31% |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 245 | 4.56% |
| Native American | 28 | 0.52% |
| Asian | 20 | 0.37% |
| Other/Mixed | 161 | 3.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 174 | 3.24% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 5,370 people, 2,003 households, and 1,564 families residing in the CDP.
Education
[edit]Lafourche Parish Public Schools is the area school district,<ref>Template:Cite web - Text list</ref> and operates area public schools. Chackbay Elementary School serves the community.<ref>Home. Chackbay Elementary School. Retrieved on November 30, 2016.</ref> Sixth Ward Middle School and Thibodaux High School serve residents of the Ward 6 area.<ref>"SCHOOL ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES Template:Webarchive." Lafourche Parish Public Schools. Retrieved on December 2, 2016. Based on the text description of the school boundaries</ref><ref>"2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Chackbay CDP, LA." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on February 7, 2018.</ref>
Fletcher Technical Community College has Lafourche Parish in the college's service area.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Additionally, a Delgado Community College document stated that Lafourche Parish was in the college's service area.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Government and infrastructure
[edit]Residents are served by the Ward 6 Senior Citizens Center.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Notable people
[edit]- Dee Dee Blanchard, homicide victim
- Billy Tauzin, US congressman who lived in Clarks Summit while he was in office.<ref>Barone, Michael; and Ujifusa, Grant. The Almanac of American Politics 1988', p. 494. National Journal, 1987.</ref>
References
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