Bayou Corne, Louisiana

About Bayou Corne

Set in the southern part of Louisiana, Bayou Corne is a small unincorporated community.

Bayou Corne holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.36 square miles.

📰 Bayou Corne News Today

• In 2012, bubbles, tremors and a diesel smell appeared in a Louisiana swamp; days later, the ground opened The Times of India · Sep 16
• Video: The Bayou Corne Sinkhole The New York Times · Sep 25
• That Sinking Feeling NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) (.gov) · Mar 6
• Louisiana’s Giant Sinkhole Is Bigger Than Ever, See the Transformation 103.3 The G.O.A.T. · Oct 3
• Ghost Town Left in the Wake of the Bayou Corne Sinkhole in Louisiana DeSmog · Mar 6

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What Makes Bayou Corne Unique

• The only place in America named Bayou Corne — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southern Louisiana, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 7 miles.

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