Creole, Louisiana

Creole is an unincorporated community in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, United States.[1]

History

A post office was established at Creole in March 1890. The community was probably named for the Louisiana Creole people.[2] The label 'Creole' refers to those born in colonial Louisiana and their descendants.[3] 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).[4]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Creole, Louisiana
  2. 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. 75. ISBN 978-0-8071-4740-5.
  3. 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.
  4. Daniel Brown (October 9, 2020). "Hurricane Delta Tropical Cyclone Update". www.nhc.noaa.gov. Miami, Florida: National Hurricane Center. Retrieved October 9, 2020.


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