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Houma

Terrebonne County, LA

Population

33,094

Walk Score

74 · Very Walkable

Median rent

$910

Median home value

$199,100

Founded

1834

Houma is the largest city in and the parish seat of 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. The city's government was absorbed by the parish in 1984, which currently operates as the Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government.

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On the National Register

Historic districts

  • Houma Historic District · listed 1983
  • Houma Historic District (Boundary Increase, Decrease, and Additional Documentation) · listed 2015

Notable landmarks

  • Ardoyne Plantation House · listed 1982
  • Argyle · listed 1994
  • Cook, Herman Albert, House · listed 1995
  • Daigleville School · listed 2020
  • Fifth District High School · listed 2018
  • Houma Elementary School · listed 2015
  • Orange Grove Plantation House · listed 1980
  • Residence Plantation House · listed 2001
  • Smith, Clifford Percival, House · listed 1989
  • Southdown Plantation · listed 1974
  • Wesley House · listed 1982

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