Boothville, Louisiana Explained

Official Name:	Boothville, Louisiana
Settlement Type:	Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:	Louisiana#USA
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	United States
Subdivision Type1:	State
Subdivision Name1:	Louisiana
Subdivision Type2:	Parish
Subdivision Name2:	Plaquemines
Area Footnotes:	^[1]
Area Total Sq Mi:	3.723
Area Land Sq Mi:	2.149
Area Water Sq Mi:	1.574
Population As Of:	2020
Population Total:	718
Population Density Sq Mi:	auto
Timezone:	Central (CST)
Utc Offset:	-6
Timezone Dst:	CDT
Utc Offset Dst:	-5
Elevation M:	-1
Elevation Ft:	-3
Coordinates:	29.3436°N -89.4197°W
Postal Code Type:	ZIP Code
Postal Code:	70038
Area Code:	504
Blank Name:	FIPS code
Blank Info:	22-08710
Blank1 Name:	GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:	533330

Boothville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States. Its population was 854 as of the 2010 census,^[2] and 718 at the 2020 U.S. census.^[3]

Jeré Longman of The New York Times stated that before Hurricane Katrina in 2005 the community served as "a hub of the fishing and oil and gas industries;^[4] as of September 2023 the Times listed it as "(inundated").^[5]

History

Boothville was named for Colonel Booth, a landowner.^[6]

Demographics

Boothville first appeared as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. Census.

Boothville CDP, Louisiana – Racial and ethnic composition
!Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)!Pop 2010^[7] !^[8] !% 2010!

White alone (NH)	515	style='background: #ffffe6;	376	60.30%	style='background: #ffffe6;	52.37%
Black or African American alone (NH)	205	style='background: #ffffe6;	144	24.00%	style='background: #ffffe6;	20.06%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)	21	style='background: #ffffe6;	16	2.46%	style='background: #ffffe6;	2.23%
Asian alone (NH)	52	style='background: #ffffe6;	35	6.09%	style='background: #ffffe6;	4.87%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)	1	style='background: #ffffe6;	0	0.12%	style='background: #ffffe6;	0.00%
Some Other Race alone (NH)	0	style='background: #ffffe6;	2	0.00%	style='background: #ffffe6;	0.28%
Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH)	52	style='background: #ffffe6;	91	6.09%	style='background: #ffffe6;	12.67%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	8	style='background: #ffffe6;	54	0.94%	style='background: #ffffe6;	7.52%
Total	854	style='background: #ffffe6;	718	100.00%	style='background: #ffffe6;	100.00%

Education

Plaquemines Parish School Board operates the public schools of the parish.

It is served by Boothville-Venice Elementary School in Boothville and South Plaquemines High School in Buras.^[9] Prior to 2005 Boothville-Venice High School (PreK-12) served the community,^[10] but Hurricane Katrina damaged the original building.^[9]

Plaquemines Parish is in the service area of Nunez Community College.^[11]

External links

• Boothville-Venice Elementary School

Notes and References

1. Web site: US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990. United States Census Bureau. 2011-04-23. 2011-02-12.
2. Web site: U.S. Census website . . 2011-05-14 .
3. Web site: Boothville CDP, Louisiana. live. 2021-10-22. U.S. Census Bureau. https://web.archive.org/web/20211022191604/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2208710 . 2021-10-22 .
4. News: Life Is Complicated at Louisiana School. The New York Times. 2006-11-15. 2016-12-03. live. https://archive.today/20161203074949/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/15/sports/othersports/15parish.html. 2016-12-03. - Print: page D1, New York edition, "Life Is Complicated At Louisiana School"
5. Web site: When Will the Saltwater Wedge Reach New Orleans? We Mapped It.. Mira. Rojanasakul. September 29, 2023. NYTimes.com.
6. Book: Leeper, Clare D'Artois. Louisiana Place Names: Popular, Unusual, and Forgotten Stories of Towns, Cities, Plantations, Bayous, and Even Some Cemeteries. 19 October 2012. LSU Press. 978-0-8071-4740-5. 44.
7. Web site: P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Boothville CDP, Louisiana. United States Census Bureau.
8. Web site: P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Boothville CDP, Louisiana. United States Census Bureau.
9. "Plaquemines Parish Comprehensive Master Plan 8. Public Facilities and Services ." Plaquemines Parish. p. 9/34. Retrieved on December 3, 2016.
10. "Boothville-Venice High School." Plaquemines Parish School Board. March 22, 2004. Retrieved on December 3, 2016.
11. Web site: Our Colleges. Louisiana's Technical and Community Colleges. 2021-06-03.