Alluvial City, Louisiana Explained

Alluvial City
Established Title:Established
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1: Louisiana
Subdivision Name2: St. Bernard Parish
Subdivision Type2:Parish
Subdivision Name3:District E
Subdivision Type3:MCD
Subdivision Type4:Historic colonies
Pushpin Map:Louisiana#USA
Timezone1:Central
Coordinates:29.8414°N -89.6914°W
Timezone Dst:Central
Utc Offset Dst:−5
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Established Date:19th century
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:70085
Area Code:504
Utc Offset:−6
Pushpin Label:Alluvial City
Elevation Ft:3
Blank1 Name Sec1:GNIS feature ID

Alluvial City is an Isleño fishing community in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community is located on the western bank of Bayou la Loutre. Alluvial City is connected to the neighboring community of Yscloskey by the Bayou la Loutre lift bridge, also known as the Yscloskey bridge.[1]

In popular culture

The community was the inspiration for the literary work Alluvial Cities: Poems.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Broach. Drew. 2015-08-07. 29 historic bridges of southeast Louisiana. live. 2021-09-15. The Times-Picayune. https://web.archive.org/web/20210915005530/https://www.nola.com/news/traffic/article_5f6ab528-df78-50ce-8a78-fd09a35b745b.html . 2021-09-15 .
    - Web site: Parker. Halle. 2021-08-31. Destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, St. Bernard Parish fares much better than others in Ida. live. 2021-09-15. NOLA. https://web.archive.org/web/20210831213342/https://www.nola.com/news/hurricane/article_82a70d5e-0a68-11ec-90cb-1b4952544138.html . 2021-08-31 .
  2. Book: Hannan, Christopher M.. Alluvial Cities: Poems . 2021-10-04. Texas A&M University Press.