Gardere, Louisiana

About Gardere

Set in the central part of Louisiana, Gardere is a small unincorporated community.

Gardere holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 3.32 square miles.

📰 Gardere News Today

• Feelings and Futures: How Ese Mukoro Used Design Research to Amplify Adolescent Voices in Baton Rouge Louisiana State University · Aug 4
• Homeless man dies following shooting in Gardere area, deputies say WAFB · Mar 7
• Building Resilience Together: Red Cross and Gardere Initiative Strengthen Community Preparedness American Red Cross · Aug 20
• American Red Cross and Gardere Initiative announce official partnership WBRZ · Aug 18
• ‘Get down!’: Video shows Little League baseball team, coaches running after shots fired nearby ABC7 WWSB · Mar 9

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

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What Makes Gardere Unique

• The only place in America named Gardere — 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.
• Part of the fabric of Louisiana — one of 489 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 5 miles.

📍 Neighborhoods in Gardere

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🍽️ Where to Eat in Gardere

• Light House Coffee — coffee shop (café)
• McAlister's Deli — sandwich
• Mike Anderson's Seafood Restaurant & Oyster Bar — seafood
• Chicken Salad Chick
• Lakeside
• Sammy's Grill Highland — seafood

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Gardere

• Ben Burge Park reviews ★
• Burbank Nature Reserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Hartley/Vey at Gardere reviews ★
• Lewward Drive Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

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🌤️ Current Weather

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🗺️ Map of Gardere

🏘️ Nearby Communities