Lacombe is a
census-designated place
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(CDP) in
St. Tammany Parish,
Louisiana
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, United States. The population was 8,679 at the
2010 census,
and 8,657 in 2020.
Geography
Lacombe is located at (30.314863, -89.931462).
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 3.86%, is water.
Demographics
As of the
2020 United States census, there were 8,657 people, 3,456 households, and 2,260 families residing in the CDP.
Education
Lacombe is within the
St. Tammany Parish Public Schools district.
Schools that serve most of Lacombe include:
* Chahta-Ima
Elementary School
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* Bayou Lacombe
Middle School
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* Monteleone
Junior High School
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*
Lakeshore High School
Lakeshore High School is a public high school located in unincorporated St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States, north of Mandeville. Lakeshore High School receives the students from Monteleone Junior High School. The school is operated ...
- St. Tammany Parish's newest high school, opened August 2009
Schools that serve small sections of Lacombe:
* Woodlake Elementary School in
Mandeville serves a small portion of western Lacombe
* Mandeville Middle School near Mandeville serves a small portion of western Lacombe
* Slidell Junior High School in
Slidell serves a small portion of eastern Lacombe
*
Slidell High School in Slidell serves a small portion of eastern Lacombe
Previously
Fontainebleau High School served much of Lacombe.
Previously
Mandeville High School served Lacombe.
St. Tammany Parish Library operates the Lacombe Branch.
The main campus of
Northshore Technical Community College is in Lacombe. This campus was established in January 2017.
St. Tammany Parish is within the service areas of two community colleges: NTCC, and
Delgado Community College
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.
Notable people
*
Pete Schneider, former member of the
Louisiana House of Representatives
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and Lacombe resident
*
Adrien Rouquette, (born in Louisiana in 1813, of French parentage; died in 1887) was a writer and a Catholic missionary among the Choctaw Native Americans.
References
External links
*
NorthshoreDeals.org
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Census-designated places in Louisiana
Census-designated places in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana
Census-designated places in the New Orleans metropolitan area