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Lake Charles (French: Lac Charles) is a brackish lake located on the Calcasieu River in Southwest Louisiana, United States, situated almost entirely within the Lake Charles city limits. The Calcasieu Ship Channel flows along the western side for large ships to pass and is the western boundary of the city limits. [ 1 ]
Ryan Street in Lake Charles, 1903 Downtown Lake Charles, c. 1917. On March 7, 1861, Lake Charles was incorporated as the town of Charleston, Louisiana. [7]Lake Charles was founded by merchant and tradesman Marco Eliche (or Marco de Élitxe) as an outpost.
Louisiana Highway 27 (LA 27) is a state highway located in southwestern Louisiana. It runs 132.42 miles (213.11 km) in a general north–south direction from LA 14 in Holmwood to the junction of U.S. Highways 171 and 190 in DeRidder .
Louisiana Highway 14 (LA 14) is a state highway located in southern Louisiana.It runs 100.10 miles (161.10 km) in an east–west direction from the junction of U.S. Highways 90 and 171 in Lake Charles to LA 182 in New Iberia.
The Lake Charles metropolitan statistical area is a metropolitan area in the Acadiana region of southwest Louisiana that covers three parishes—Calcasieu, Cameron, and Jefferson Davis. According to a 2023 census estimate, the MSA had a population of 240,082. [ 1 ]
US 90 enters Louisiana at the Texas line over the Sabine River as part of I-10. Separating at exit 4 and running parallel on the north side of I-10 through Sulphur, before rejoining I-10 east of Westlake, crossing the Calcasieu River, and again splitting from I-10 at exit 31B (running on the south side of I-10) going through Lake Charles as Fruge, West 4th, then East 4th, before leaving town.
Roughly bounded by Belden Street, Lawrence Street, Kirkman Street, South Division Street, Louisiana Avenue, Iris Street, and Hodges Street, Lake Charles, Louisiana Coordinates 30°13′42″N 93°12′35″W / 30.22821°N 93.20984°W / 30.22821; -93
Southwest Louisiana has one metropolitan area: Lake Charles. The southwestern portion of Louisiana is also geographically and culturally attached to Southeast Texas . Three of the parishes — Calcasieu, Cameron, and Jefferson Davis — are also part of Acadiana , the region of French and Acadian influence defined by the Louisiana State ...