Raceland, Louisiana

Raceland, Louisiana
Raceland is located in Louisiana
Raceland
Raceland
Location in Louisiana
Raceland is located in the United States
Raceland
Raceland
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 29°43′21″N 90°36′19″W / 29.72250°N 90.60528°W / 29.72250; -90.60528
CountryUnited States
StateLouisiana
ParishLafourche
Area
 • Total21.62 sq mi (55.99 km2)
 • Land21.57 sq mi (55.86 km2)
 • Water0.05 sq mi (0.13 km2)
Elevation
14 ft (4 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total9,768
 • Density452.89/sq mi (174.86/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP Code
70394
Area code985
FIPS code22-63155
A house in Raceland
Drinking at the bar, crab boil night, Raceland, September 1938

Raceland is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) on Bayou Lafourche in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 9,768 in 2020. It is part of the HoumaBayou CaneThibodaux metropolitan statistical area.

According to the Louisiana Office of Tourism, Raceland was named for the Race family that once owned a large plantation named "Raceland" on Bayou Lafourche.[2]

Raceland sugar plantation was founded by Ebeneezer Eaton Kittredge and his son in law Fayette Clay Ewing. On April 19, 1855 a daughter of Kittredge, Olivia Corrinne, married George W. Race.[3] The plantation was named Raceland the same year in honor of the young couple who made it their first home where their children were born.[4]

  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  2. ^ "Raceland".
  3. ^ Times-Picayune April 25, 1855 page 2
  4. ^ Case Papers, 1880-1929; Author: Louisiana. Civil District Court (Orleans Parish); Probate Place: Orleans, Louisiana