Cut Off (historically named La Coupe) is a

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(CDP) on the Bayou Lafourche in Lafourche Parish,

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, United States. The population was 5,533 in 2020. It is part of the Houma– Bayou Cane– Thibodaux metropolitan statistical area. Cut Off's ZIP code is 70345, the area code is 985 and local telephone prefixes are 325, 632 and 693.

History

Cut Off had its start by the building of a canal cutoff at that point from Bayou Lafourche northeast to

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, to shorten the route to

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. The name (''La Coupe'', or "The Cut") was French in origin.

Geography

Cut Off is located in south-central Lafourche Parish at (29.515201, -90.333839), on both sides of Bayou Lafourche. It is bordered to the northwest by Larose and to the south by Galliano.

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runs through the center of Cut Off, along the west bank of Bayou Lafourche, while Highway 308 runs along the east bank. Highway 3235, a four-lane highway, runs through the west side of the community. All three highways lead northwest into Larose and south into Galliano. Thibodaux, the

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, is to the northwest (upriver), and Port Fourchon on the

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is to the south. According to the

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, the Cut Off CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 0.85%, are water.

Demographics

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 5,533 people, 2,375 households, and 1,711 families residing in the CDP.

Notable people

* Joe Barry, swamp pop singer; born and died in Cut Off *

Vin Bruce Ervin "Vin" Bruce (April 25, 1932 – June 8, 2018) was one of the first Cajun musicians to appear on the Louisiana Hayride and Grand Ole Opry. Biography Bruce was born in Cut Off, Louisiana. His father, Levy Bruce, worked as a trapper and fisherm ...

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vocalist * Trishelle Cannatella, reality television personality and poker player * Dick Guidry, former state representative from Lafourche Parish and owner of the disbanded Jet Drive-in Theater, a local landmark in Cut Off * Bobby Hebert, former

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and

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quarterback * Rita Benson LeBlanc, part-owner and former heir apparent of the

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, jazz clarinet great * Glen Pitre, writer and film director * Loulan Pitre, Jr., lawyer and former state representative for Lafourche Parish; brother of Glen Pitre

Government and infrastructure

The

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operates the Cut Off Post Office.

Culture

*A particular section of the town is known as Côte Blanche, French for "White Coast" because of a statistically abnormal number of white painted homes that lined Bayou Lafourche for much of the early and mid 1900s. *In a segment of ''

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interviewed a Cut Off alligator farmer.

Education

Lafourche Parish Public Schools operates public schools. * Cut Off Elementary School Larose-Cut Off Middle School is in nearby Larose, and serves Cut Off CDP.2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): Cut Off CDP, LA
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. Retrieved on February 7, 2018. Pages
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SCHOOL ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES
." Lafourche Parish Public Schools. Retrieved on December 2, 2016. Based on the text description of the school boundaries. South Lafourche High School is in Galliano, and has a Cut Off postal address. It also serves Cut Off. Cut Off School opened in 1927. In September 1950 the schools of Larose and Cut Off were consolidated into Larose-Cut Off High School. It was then consolidated with Golden Meadow High School to form South Lafourche High School in 1966. Lafourche Parish Library operates the South Lafourche Library in Galliano, which has a Cut Off postal address. Damage from Hurricane Ida meant that the parish had to rebuild the inside of the library. Fletcher Technical Community College has Lafourche Parish in the college's service area. Additionally, a

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document stated that Lafourche Parish was in the college's service area.

References

External links

Larose-Cut Off Middle School

Cut Off Elementary School
{{authority control Census-designated places in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana Census-designated places in Louisiana Census-designated places in Houma – Thibodaux metropolitan area