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.
Southeast
Houma
Terrebonne County, LA
Population
33,094
Walk Score
74 · Very Walkable
Median rent
$910
Median home value
$199,100
Founded
1834
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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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