Cocodrie is an
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fishing, shrimping and crabbing village in
Terrebonne Parish
Terrebonne Parish ( ; French: ''Paroisse de Terrebonne'') is a parish located in the southern part of the U.S. state of Louisiana. At the 2010 census, the population was 111,860, and 110,461 in 2019. In 2020, its population declined to 109,58 ...
,
Louisiana
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, United States, 10 miles south of
Chauvin and due south of the city of
Houma.
[ It is part of the Houma– Bayou Cane–]Thibodaux
Thibodaux ( ) is a city in, and the parish seat of, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States, along the banks of Bayou Lafourche in the northwestern part of the parish. The population was 15,948 at the 2020 census. Thibodaux is a principal city ...
Metropolitan Statistical Area
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. The settlement is known for being very near the landfall
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location for Tropical Storm Matthew on October 10, 2004, Hurricane Gustav
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on September 1, 2008,[
"Hurricane Gustav Public Advisory Number 32",
]National Hurricane Center
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, 1 September 2008, 10 a.m., webpage:
NHC-Adv-32
and Hurricane Zeta
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on October 28, 2020.
The name ''Cocodrie'' is an alternate spelling of the Louisiana French
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word ''cocodril'', which means "crocodile." It is a waterfront town, located due west of Grand Isle, on an inlet of another bay blocked by several barrier islands along the Gulf of Mexico
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.[
Louisiana map, Louisiana-Map.org, 2007, webpage:
]
LaMap-Louisiana-road-map
(shows town/lake names).
Cocodrie is connected to Houma, due north, by Louisiana State Highway 56.[ It is at the end of the highway. Most buildings in Cocodrie are now elevated on pilings to minimize flood damage.
Cocodrie is home to the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) W. J. DeFelice Marine Center, which was completed in 1986.]
Impact from Hurricane Gustav
On September 1, 2008, Hurricane Gustav
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, coming from Cuba, made a technical landfall near Cocodrie, around 9:30 a.m. CDT.[ When Hurricane Gustav came from the southeast, the hurricane force winds (up to 115 mph, 180 km/h) extended for 70 miles from the eye center,][ impacting the area with north-to-south winds for over five hours before making landfall.][
]
In popular culture
*Cocodrie is mentioned in the ''Swamp Thing
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'' comic books.
*Cocodrie was featured in the Insomniac Games
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PlayStation 3
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game ''Resistance 2
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'' between the Holar Tower and Chicxulub Crater
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levels. The level consists of a plantation style environment surrounded by swamp and marshlands and includes a large bridge later on into the level which highly resembles a single span of the Crescent City Connection
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which is located in , approximately 85 miles northeast of Cocodrie.
See also
* Buras-Triumph, Louisiana
Buras-Triumph is an unincorporated community in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 3,358 at the 2000 census. For the 2010 census, Buras-Triumph was split into the CDPs of Buras and Triumph. On the peninsula, Buras ...
- a landfall site of Hurricane Katrina
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(2nd of 3 USA landfalls)
* Pearlington, Mississippi
Pearlington is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hancock County, Mississippi, United States, on U.S. Route 90, along the Pearl River, at the Louisiana state line. It is part of the Gulfport–Biloxi, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area ...
- a landfall site of Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina was a destructive Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that caused over 1,800 fatalities and $125 billion in damage in late August 2005, especially in the city of New Orleans and the surrounding areas. It was at the time the cost ...
(3rd of 3 USA landfalls)
References
Notes
Sources
Cocodrie, Louisiana's Inside & Offshore Fishing Information
Hurricane Gustav Public Advisory Number 32
National Hurricane Center, 1 September 2008, 10 a.m. CDT.
* Louisiana-Map.org, webpage
LaMap-Louisiana-road-map
(shows town/lake names).
External links
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Crabbing communities
Unincorporated communities in Louisiana
Unincorporated communities in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana
Unincorporated communities in Houma – Thibodaux metropolitan area