Schriever
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Children fishing in bayou at Schriever, 1940. Photo by Marion Post Wolcott.
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  Schriever Location of Schriever in Louisiana | |
| Coordinates: 29°44′42″N 90°49′04″W / 29.74500°N 90.81778°W / 29.74500; -90.81778 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Louisiana |
| Parish | Terrebonne |
| Area | |
| • Total | 14.32 sq mi (37.08 km2) |
| • Land | 14.25 sq mi (36.92 km2) |
| • Water | 0.06 sq mi (0.16 km2) |
| Elevation | 13 ft (4 m) |
| Population
(2020)
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| • Total | 6,711 |
| • Density | 471/sq mi (182/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP Code |
70395
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| Area code | 985 |
| FIPS code | 22-68300 |
Schriever is a census-designated place (CDP) in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States. 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]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 14.4 square miles (37.4 km2), of which 14.4 square miles (37.2 km2) is land and 0.1 square mile (0.2 km2) (0.42%) is water.
Amtrak's Sunset Limited train stops at the Schriever station, serving the nearby cities Houma and Thibodaux.[3]
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 2020 | 6,711 | — | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[4] | |||
| Race | Number | Percentage |
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| White (non-Hispanic) | 4,040 | 60.2% |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 1,851 | 27.6% |
| Native American | 122 | 1.8% |
| Asian | 39 | 0.6% |
| Other/Mixed | 275 | 4.1% |
| HispanicorLatino | 384 | 5.7% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 6,711 people, 2,584 households, and 1,550 families residing in the CDP.
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Municipalities and communities of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent parish or parishes | |
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