Johnson Bayou, Louisiana

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region = Cameron
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Johnson Bayou is a small community located on the Creole Nature Trail along the Gulf Coast in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, United States, and is named after Daniel Johnson, who came to the area in around 1790. The village is spread across coastal chenieres which were formed by deltaic sedimentation by the shifting of the Mississippi River. This geologic formation ,the coastal cheniere [http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/pdfs/experience/naturalheritage/naturalcommunities/coastalliveoak_hackberry_forest_factsheet.pdf] [http://www.wlf.state.la.us/pdfs/experience/Coastal%20Live%20Oak-Hackberry%20Forest.pdf] , is found only in a few locations across the globe. The Population is near 400.

Johnson Bayou is part of the Lake Charles Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

On October 12, 1886, Johnson Bayou was completely destroyed by the "great storm of 1886;" a storm surge of between seven and twelve feet that swept inland at Johnson Bayou, killing between 50 and 100 people. [Roth, David. [http://www.srh.noaa.gov/lch/research/lalate19hu3.php "Louisiana Hurricane History: Late 19th Century"] - the National Weather Service at NOAA] [Roth, David. [http://www.srh.noaa.gov/lch/research/txlate19hur3.php "Texas Hurricane History: Late 19th Century"] - the National Weather Service at NOAA] [Block, W. T. [http://www.wtblock.com/wtblockjr/johnsons.htm "October 12, 1886: The Night That Johnson's Bayou, Louisiana Died"] - the Beaumont Enterprise - October 10, 1979] [Block, W. T. [http://www.wtblock.com/wtblockjr/great1.htm "The Great Storm of 1886"] - the Beaumont Enterprise - January 9, 1977] [Block, W. T. [http://www.wtblock.com/wtblockjr/sabine1.htm "The Romance of Sabine Lake: 1777-1900"] - Texas Gulf Historical Society - 1973] Between Sabine Pass and Beaumont, thirty miles of track of the Sabine and East Texas Railway, were damaged badly and partly washed away. [Young, Nancy Beck. [http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/SS/eqs1_print.html "Sabine and East Texas Railway"] - Handbook of Texas Online - (accessed September 14, 2007)]

It was hit again by Hurricane Audrey in 1957, and yet again by Hurricane Rita on September 24, 2005. On September 13, 2007, Hurricane Humberto made landfall west of Johnson Bayou at High Island, Texas, bringing heavy rains to the community.

Geography

Location: 29.7613323 -93.6584918 (29°45'40"N 93°39'30"W). Elevation: 5 to 7 feet (2 m).

It is located on Louisiana Highway 82, 12 miles west of Holly Beach, and 28 miles southeast, across the Sabine Pass channel, of Port Arthur, Texas.

Culture

The Holleyman Bird Sanctuary/Peveto Woods Bird and Butterfly Sanctuary is located in the community, and is south of the Sabine National Wildlife Refuge. Johnson Bayou is home to four natural gas pipelines, and the future home of one of the largest LNG Terminals in the world. This LNG regasification terminal is being built by Cheniere Energy. http://www.cheniere.com/default.shtml

Education

Cameron Parish School Board operates Johnson Bayou High School, a combined primary and secondary school serving the area.

Cameron Parish Public Library operates the Johnson Branch at 4586 Gulf Beach Highway in the area. [" [http://www.state.lib.la.us/libdir/ Louisiana Library Directory] ." "State Library of Louisiana". Accessed September 22, 2008.]

References

*Galveston "Daily News", October 14-23, 1886.