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Thibodaux (/ ˈ t ɪ b ə d oʊ / TIB-ə-doh) is a city in, and the parish seat of, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States, [3] along the banks of Bayou Lafourche in the northwestern part of the parish. The population was 15,948 at the 2020 census. [4] Thibodaux is a principal city of the Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux metropolitan ...
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Long a center of sugar cane plantations and sugar production, in November 1887 the parish was the site of the Thibodaux Massacre. After state militia were used to suppress a massive Knights of Labor strike involving 10,000 workers in four parishes, many African Americans retreated to Thibodaux. Local paramilitary forces attacked the men and ...
Henry S. Thibodaux (1769–1827), former governor of Louisiana; James C. Thibodeaux (1911–2004), African-American photographer, painter, stage actor, and educator; Kathy Thibodeaux (born 1956), American ballet dancer and co-founder of Ballet Magnificat! Kayvon Thibodeaux (born 2000), American football player; Keith Thibodeaux (born 1950 ...
Houma (/ ˈ h oʊ m ə / HOH-mə) [2] is the largest city in and the parish seat of [3] Terrebonne Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana.It is also the largest principal city of the Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux metropolitan statistical area.
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Terrebonne Parish is part of the Houma-Thibodaux metropolitan statistical area. It is the fifth-largest parish in the state in terms of land area, and it has been a center of Cajun culture since the 18th century. More than 10% of its residents speak French at home. [citation needed]
The population was 6,711 in 2020. It is part of the Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux metropolitan statistical area. The community was named for railroad official John George Schriever (1844–1898) during the 1870s opening of the New Orleans, Opelousas and Great Western Railroad line to Houma. [2]