Cameron, Louisiana
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Cameron, Louisiana
| settlement_type = Census-designated place
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Cameron in Louisiana
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = United States
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = Louisiana
| subdivision_type2 = Parish
| subdivision_name2 = Cameron
| established_title = Founded
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| unit_pref = Imperial
| area_total_km2 = 32.64
| area_land_km2 = 29.60
| area_water_km2 = 3.04
| area_total_sq_mi = 12.60
| area_land_sq_mi = 11.43
| area_water_sq_mi = 1.17
| population_as_of = 2020
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 315
| population_density_km2 = 10.64
| population_density_sq_mi = 27.57
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| timezone = CST
| utc_offset = -6
| timezone_DST = CDT
| utc_offset_DST = -5
| elevation_ft = 3
| coordinates = {{coord|29|47|11|N|93|16|05|W|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type = Zip code
| postal_code = 70631
| area_code = 337
| blank_name = FIPS code
| blank_info = 22-12000
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| blank1_info = 2402743{{GNIS|2402743}}
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Cameron is a census-designated place (CDP) in and the parish seat of Cameron Parish, Louisiana, United States.{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=2011-06-07 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=2011-05-31 }} It is part of the Lake Charles Metropolitan Statistical Area. After sustaining extreme damage from Hurricane Rita in 2005 and Hurricane Ike in 2008, in the 2010 Census Cameron was recorded as having a population of only 406, a 79% drop since 2000.{{cite web|url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid%3DDEC_10_PL_QTPL%26prodType%3Dtable |title=American FactFinder |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520164400/http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_PL_QTPL&prodType=table |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |archive-date=2011-05-20 }}
History
File:FEMA - 39194 - Aerial of storm damange in Louisiana.jpg's destruction of Cameron Parish, captured on September 23, 2008.]]
The town of Cameron was originally called Leesburg, although the post office was designated Cameron, like the parish.{{cite book |title=Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical |editor=William Henry Perrin |location=New Orleans |publisher=Gulf Publishing |year=1891 |oclc=5514506 |via=Mike Miller, Cameron Parish history, Louisiana, USGenWeb (2000) |url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/cameron/history/camhist.txt |access-date=2020-10-09 |archive-date=February 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216050922/http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/cameron/history/camhist.txt |url-status=live }} Its location at the mouth of the Calcasieu River made it a transhipment location for mail, cattle, and other goods to be taken by ship to Lake Charles.{{cite book |author=Robert Benoit; Archives Department, McNeese State University |title=Imperial Calcasieu |publisher=Arcadia |series=Images of America |location=Charleston, South Carolina |year=2000 |isbn=9780738505817 |page=62 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m3hA5sHVQLsC&q=Leesburg |access-date=November 5, 2020 |archive-date=November 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110172627/https://books.google.com/books?id=m3hA5sHVQLsC&q=Leesburg#v=snippet&q=Leesburg&f=false |url-status=live }}{{cite journal |author=Donald J. Millet |title=Cattle and Cattlemen of Southwest Louisiana, 1860â1900 |journal=Louisiana History |volume=28 |issue=3 |date=Summer 1987 |jstor=4232599 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-k8TAAAAYAAJ&q=Leesburg |page=327 |access-date=November 5, 2020 |archive-date=November 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110172736/https://books.google.com/books?id=-k8TAAAAYAAJ&q=Leesburg |url-status=live }} After the sinking of the first successful oil well in Louisiana in 1901, Cameron became a center of petroleum extraction.
In 1957, Cameron was nearly destroyed by Hurricane Audrey. A storm surge of {{convert|12|ft}} and winds of {{convert|125|mph}} devastated nearby oilfields{{cite book |author1=Tonja Koob Marking |author2=Jennifer Snape |title=Louisiana's Oil Heritage |series=Images of America |publisher=Arcadia |location=Charleston, South Carolina |year=2012 |isbn=9780738594071 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X-kxIdx4vo4C&q=Cameron+ |page=82 |access-date=November 5, 2020 |archive-date=November 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110172629/https://books.google.com/books?id=X-kxIdx4vo4C&q=Cameron+#v=snippet&q=Cameron&f=false |url-status=live }} and caused the deaths of more than 300 residents of the town.{{cite web | author=Bob Henson | title=Hurricane Audrey (August 19, 1998 Broadcast) | work=The Weather Notebook | url=http://www.weathernotebook.org/transcripts/1998/08/19.html | access-date=September 28, 2005 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050908152555/http://www.weathernotebook.org/transcripts/1998/08/19.html | archive-date=September 8, 2005 }}
Nearly fifty years later, in late September 2005, Hurricane Rita hit Cameron with {{convert|120|mph|adj=on}} winds and the highest storm surges ever recorded in the state, {{convert|17.8|ft|m}} at Cameron{{cite news |author=John Snell |url=https://www.wafb.com/2020/10/06/hurricane-laura-surge-was-one-record-books/ |title=Hurricane Laura surge was one for the record books |publisher=WAFB |date=2020-10-06 |access-date=October 9, 2020 |archive-date=October 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027144527/https://www.wafb.com/2020/10/06/hurricane-laura-surge-was-one-record-books/ |url-status=live }} and possibly {{convert|18|ft|m}} in some locations.{{cite web |url=https://www.weather.gov/lch/rita_main |title=Tropical Weather: Hurricane Rita |publisher=National Weather Service |access-date=2020-10-09 |archive-date=February 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222164947/https://www.weather.gov/lch/rita_main |url-status=live }} Much of the town was destroyed, but everyone had evacuated beforehand.{{cite news | title=Rita ravages region near state line | date=2005-09-26 | publisher=CNN | url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/09/25/rita/index.html | access-date=September 26, 2005 | archive-date=October 1, 2005 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051001030436/http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/09/25/rita/index.html | url-status=live }}
On September 13, 2008, Hurricane Ike leveled Cameron with a {{convert|12|ft|m|adj=on}} storm surge while the town was still recovering from Rita in 2005.{{cite news | title=Hurricane History (Page 15) | publisher=National Weather Service | url=https://www.weather.gov/media/lch/tropical/LCHHurricaneGuide-SWLA.pdf | access-date=2017-07-09 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606082600/https://www.weather.gov/media/lch/tropical/LCHHurricaneGuide-SWLA.pdf | archive-date=2017-06-06 | url-status=dead }} Ike destroyed more than 90 percent of the homes in the parish seat and caused catastrophic flooding in every part of the parish.
After Rita and Ike, the parish instituted stricter building codes, and insurance rates rose dramatically, making rebuilding too expensive for many residents. The population of Cameron fell 79 percent between 2000 and 2010.{{cite news |author=Billy Gunn |url=https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/article_5c3e5bdb-a239-5f8e-8733-2c1e9281be5d.html |title=A smaller Cameron Parish emerges 10 years after Hurricane Rita's devastation |newspaper=The Acadiana Advocate |date=2015-09-27 |access-date=2020-10-09 |archive-date=November 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104160155/https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/article_5c3e5bdb-a239-5f8e-8733-2c1e9281be5d.html |url-status=live }} By 2010, when the First Baptist Church was rebuilt, the town had lost its grocery stores and drug store and had only a gas station and a bank, and the post office and a restaurant, both housed in trailers. Most residents were still living in mobile homes.{{cite news |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/39328510 |title=5 years after Rita hit, some left out of recovery |agency=Associated Press |author=Michael Kunzelman |work=NBC News |date=2010-09-23 |access-date=2020-10-09 |archive-date=September 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923231544/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/39328510 |url-status=dead }} The main parish library, destroyed by Rita and again by Ike, was rebuilt on tall stilts;{{cite news |author=Rick Rojas |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/23/us/hurricane-laura-storm-beta.html |title=After Storms, They Built Higher. They Dread Doing It Again |newspaper=The New York Times |date=2020-10-06 |orig-year=2020-09-23 |access-date=2020-10-09 |archive-date=October 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010070849/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/23/us/hurricane-laura-storm-beta.html |url-status=live }} South Cameron Memorial Hospital, destroyed by Rita, was also rebuilt to withstand tropical storms.{{cite news |author=Ashley Joseph |url=https://www.kplctv.com/2020/09/30/ravaged-south-cameron-memorial-hospital-open-makeshift-hospital-foreseeable-future/ |title=Ravaged South Cameron Memorial Hospital to open as 'makeshift hospital' for the foreseeable future |publisher=KPLC |date=2020-09-30 |access-date=2020-10-09 |archive-date=October 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003120446/https://www.kplctv.com/2020/09/30/ravaged-south-cameron-memorial-hospital-open-makeshift-hospital-foreseeable-future/ |url-status=live }} A new government complex was completed in 2015 but repairs to the parish courthouse were still needed.
On August 27, 2020, at 1:00 am CDT, Hurricane Laura made landfall near Cameron with maximum sustained winds of {{convert|150|mph}}, a category 4 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.{{cite web |title=Hurricane Laura Makes Landfall Near Cameron Louisiana |url=https://twitter.com/NHC_Atlantic/status/1298862826522476544 |website=Twitter.com |publisher=National Hurricane Center |access-date=27 August 2020 |date=27 August 2020 |archive-date=August 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827060051/https://twitter.com/NHC_Atlantic/status/1298862826522476544 |url-status=live }} A storm surge measured between 9 and 12 feet inundated the immediate areas surrounding Cameron according to Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards.{{Cite web|date=2020-08-27|title=The Latest: Laura makes landfall in southwest Louisiana|url=https://wtop.com/national/2020/08/the-latest-laura-makes-landfall-in-southwest-louisiana/|access-date=2020-08-27|website=WTOP|language=en|archive-date=August 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827170846/https://wtop.com/national/2020/08/the-latest-laura-makes-landfall-in-southwest-louisiana/|url-status=live}} Much of the town was again destroyed or severely damaged, including the hospital.{{cite news |author=Ashley Cusick |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/hurricane-laura-cameron-damage/2020/08/30/c7c81cea-eafa-11ea-ab4e-581edb849379_story.html |title=Residents get first look at Cameron, La., nearly obliterated in Hurricane Laura |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2020-08-30 |access-date=2020-10-09 |archive-date=September 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917051547/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/hurricane-laura-cameron-damage/2020/08/30/c7c81cea-eafa-11ea-ab4e-581edb849379_story.html |url-status=live }}
Six weeks later, Hurricane Delta made landfall not too far east of Cameron as a category 2 storm. It caused further damage following Laura. Clean up from Laura was paused in preparation for Delta.
Geography
Cameron is located in south-central Cameron Parish along the Gulf of Mexico at an elevation of {{convert|4|ft}} above sea level. State highways 27 and 82 pass through the community as Marshall Street, crossing the Calcasieu Ship Channel just west of town. Highway 82 leads east {{convert|93|mi}} to Abbeville and west {{convert|48|mi}} to Port Arthur, Texas. Highway 27 leads west then north {{convert|48|mi}} to Sulphur. Lake Charles is {{convert|52|mi}} to the north.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of {{convert|32.6|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|29.6|km2|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|3.0|km2|order=flip}}, or 9.31%, is water.{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US2212000| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212175046/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US2212000| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Cameron CDP, Louisiana| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=August 18, 2014}}
=Climate=
{{Weather box
|location =Cameron, Louisiana
|single line = Y
|collapsed = Y
|Jan high F = 60.4
|Feb high F = 63.6
|Mar high F = 70.1
|Apr high F = 76.6
|May high F = 83.3
|Jun high F = 88.4
|Jul high F = 90.3
|Aug high F = 91.0
|Sep high F = 87.6
|Oct high F = 80.2
|Nov high F = 71.2
|Dec high F = 62.8
|year high F= 77.1
|Jan low F = 43.1
|Feb low F = 46.3
|Mar low F = 52.7
|Apr low F = 59.8
|May low F = 68.3
|Jun low F = 73.8
|Jul low F = 75.7
|Aug low F = 75.2
|Sep low F = 70.5
|Oct low F = 61.3
|Nov low F = 52.5
|Dec low F = 45.0
|year low F= 60.4
|Jan record high F = 84
|Feb record high F = 80
|Mar record high F = 88
|Apr record high F = 93
|May record high F = 96
|Jun record high F = 100
|Jul record high F = 101
|Aug record high F = 103
|Sep record high F = 106
|Oct record high F = 98
|Nov record high F = 88
|Dec record high F = 88
|year record high F= 106
|Jan record low F = 13
|Feb record low F = 11
|Mar record low F = 25
|Apr record low F = 27
|May record low F = 44
|Jun record low F = 54
|Jul record low F = 61
|Aug record low F = 52
|Sep record low F = 45
|Oct record low F = 29
|Nov record low F = 20
|Dec record low F = 12
|year record low F= 11
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 5.68
|Feb precipitation inch = 3.46
|Mar precipitation inch = 3.84
|Apr precipitation inch = 3.93
|May precipitation inch = 4.93
|Jun precipitation inch = 6.50
|Jul precipitation inch = 6.47
|Aug precipitation inch = 5.43
|Sep precipitation inch = 5.58
|Oct precipitation inch = 4.32
|Nov precipitation inch = 4.71
|Dec precipitation inch = 4.41
|year precipitation inch= 59.26
|Jan snow inch = 0.1
|Feb snow inch = 0
|Mar snow inch = 0
|Apr snow inch = 0
|May snow inch = 0
|Jun snow inch = 0
|Jul snow inch = 0
|Aug snow inch = 0
|Sep snow inch = 0
|Oct snow inch = 0
|Nov snow inch = 0
|Dec snow inch = 0
|year snow inch= 0.1
Demographics
{{US Census population
|1890= 941
|1900= 1323
|1910= 1407
|1920= 1220
|1930= 1423
|1940= 2109
|1950= 2276
|1960= 2721
|1970= 3205
|1980= 1736
|1990= 2041
|2000= 1965
|2010= 406
|2020= 315
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As of the census{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/ |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709054630/https://www.census.gov/ |url-status=live }} of 2000, there were 1,965 people, 695 households, and 510 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|70.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 800 housing units at an average density of {{convert|28.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 82.49% White, 11.86% African American, 0.56% Native American, 0.31% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 3.36% from other races, and 1.37% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.55% of the population.
There were 695 households, out of which 37.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.5% were married couples living together, 14.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.6% were non-families. 21.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.77 and the average family size was 3.17.
In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 27.5% under the age of 18, 10.8% from 18 to 24, 31.1% from 25 to 44, 21.5% from 45 to 64, and 9.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.2 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $30,370, and the median income for a family was $33,661. Males had a median income of $24,762 versus $26,406 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $13,499. About 17.0% of families and 19.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.1% of those under age 18 and 13.6% of those age 65 or over.
Culture
Cameron is on the Creole Nature Trail, a National Scenic Byway.
Cameron is home to the Louisiana Fur and Wildlife Festival held in January.
Government
The United States Postal Service Cameron Post Office is located at 144 Adam Roux Street in the CDP."[https://archive.today/20120716022037/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/13610?p=1&s=LA&service_name=post_office&z=Cameron Post Office Location - CAMERON]." United States Postal Service. Retrieved on December 6, 2008.
Education
The Cameron Parish School Board serves the town.{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st22_la/schooldistrict_maps/c22023_cameron/DC20SD_C22023.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Cameron Parish, LA|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2024-02-19}}
Prior to Hurricane Rita's impact in September 2005, Cameron Elementary School served pre-kindergarten through 7th grade students,{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040628082348/http://www.cameron.k12.la.us/cameron/Faculty.HTM |title=Faculty and Staff |archive-date=2004-06-28 |publisher=Cameron Elementary School |url=http://www.cameron.k12.la.us/cameron/Faculty.HTM }} while high schoolers attended Johnson Bayou High School. Hurricane Rita damaged both schools and also South Cameron High School, a Kâ12 school in Creole. Students from both high schools shared Grand Lake High School's campus with Grand Lake for nearly a year. In fall 2006, using portable buildings, high school students returned to the Johnson Bayou campus while Cameron Elementary, South Cameron Elementary, and South Cameron High School students were consolidated on the South Cameron High School campus.{{cite news |author=Pam Dixon |url=http://www.kplctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4927802&nav=0nqx |title=What's ahead for Cameron schools? |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212224200/http://www.kplctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4927802&nav=0nqx |archive-date=2012-02-12 |publisher=KPLC-TV |date=2006-05-19 }}{{cite news |author=Pam Dixon |url=http://www.kplctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=5308269&nav=0nqx |title=Cameron students return to campus after hurricane |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212224208/http://www.kplctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=5308269&nav=0nqx |archive-date=2012-02-12 |publisher=KPLC-TV |date=2006-08-20 }}{{cite news |author=Pam Dixon |url=http://www.kplctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=5398581&nav=0nqx |title=Rebuilding Cameron schools |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212224156/http://www.kplctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=5398581&nav=0nqx |archive-date=2012-02-12 |publisher=KPLC |date=2006-09-12 }}
Hurricane Ike in 2008 caused varying degrees of damage to every school and library in Cameron Parish. Most were flooded by storm surge and sustained wind damage, and as a result, all schools were closed.{{cite web |url=http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6596503.html |title=Ike Damage to Schools |work=Library Journal |date=2013-11-15 |access-date=2013-11-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331011308/http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6596503.html |archive-date=2012-03-31 }} Four new schools were built over the following seven years, the last being a new Johnson Bayou High School near Cameron.
The Cameron Parish Public Library operated the main Cameron Parish Library in Cameron. {{As of|2024}} negative effects from a hurricane mean the library is not open.{{cite web|url=http://www.cameron.lib.la.us/?page_id=2|title=About Our Branches|publisher=Cameron Parish Public Library|access-date=2024-02-29|quote=Cameron Main Library 512 Marshall St Cameron, LA 70631|archive-date=March 1, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301123006/http://www.cameron.lib.la.us/?page_id=2|url-status=dead}} The current building opened after a previous one was razed by Hurricane Ike, with yet another one razed by Hurricane Rita before it. In 2020 Rick Rojas of The New York Times described the current library as "like a fortress on stilts". For a period beginning on April 1, 2010, the ex-Wendell Electric and Hardware Store served as the library.{{cite web|url=http://www.cameron.lib.la.us/?page_id=131|title=Cameron Main Library|publisher=Cameron Parish Library|access-date=2024-02-29|quote=512 Marshall St Cameron, LA 70631}}
Cameron Parish is in the service area of Sowela Technical Community College.{{cite web|url=https://www.lctcs.edu/our-colleges|title=Our Colleges|publisher=Louisiana's Technical and Community Colleges|accessdate=2021-06-03|archive-date=June 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621103837/https://www.lctcs.edu/our-colleges|url-status=live}}
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References
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External links
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- {{cite web | title=Summary of Cameron | work=National Scenic Byways | url=http://www.byways.org/browse/byways/2454/places/37355/ | access-date=September 28, 2005 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050831231915/http://www.byways.org/browse/byways/2454/places/37355/ | archive-date=August 31, 2005 | url-status=dead }}
- {{cite news | title=Photo of Cameron after Hurricane Rita | newspaper=Washington Post | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/postphotos/orb/asection/2005-09-26/4.htm | access-date=September 28, 2005 }}
- [https://archive.today/20130123211226/http://www.furfestival.com/ Louisiana Fur and Wildlife Festival]
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Category:Census-designated places in Cameron Parish, Louisiana
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