Lafourche Crossing, Louisiana

About Lafourche Crossing

Set in the southeastern part of Louisiana, Lafourche Crossing is a small unincorporated community.

Lafourche Crossing holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 4.21 square miles.

📰 Lafourche Crossing News Today

• LA 308 reopens in both directions after deadly crash WDSU · May 12
• REV Celebrates Lafourche Crossing GUMBO Project with Gov. Edwards, White House, and Local Officials The Lafourche Gazette · Aug 29
• Unknown writer gives overview of Lafourche Houma Today · Dec 8
• Rural Louisianans have felt shut out without broadband. The state has a plan to change that PBS · Nov 16
• Laf. battle bloody but forgotten The Times of Houma/Thibodaux · Jun 16

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What Makes Lafourche Crossing Unique

• The only place in America named Lafourche Crossing — 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 southeastern 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 5 miles.

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