Tides & Towns
Louisiana · LA

Golden Meadow

A Cajun town strung along Bayou Lafourche.

Population
1,761 (2020 census)
Named
1839, for goldenrod
Economy
Oil, gas and seafood

Then

  1. 1839

    Landowners Benjamin and Louisa Barker name the place for the yellow flowers growing everywhere.

  2. 1950

    Golden Meadow appears in the census for the first time; it is a town by 1960.

  3. 2021

    Hurricane Ida destroys the library branch.

Now

Golden Meadow lives on oil and gas, fishing and seafood, and Cajun music and food are everywhere. Leeville, Pointe-aux-Chenes and the Cut Off canal share this stretch.

4 tide stations around Golden Meadow

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