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Port Sulphur
A Plaquemines Parish company town named for its sulphur mine.
- Population
- 1,677 (2020 census)
- Sulphur mine
- 1933–1978
- Katrina flooding
- About 22 feet
Then
- 1933
Freeport Sulphur begins mining at Lake Grande Ecaille, west of town, and the town takes its name from the company.
- 1978
The mine closes.
- 2005
Katrina breaks the levees and puts about 22 feet of water over the town, destroying almost every house.
Now
Port Sulphur is on the Mississippi's west bank in Plaquemines Parish. Empire, Bay Gardene and Breton Sound's Comfort Island share this stretch.
6 tide stations around Port Sulphur
- Rat Bayou7.1 mi
- Bay Gardene9.2 mi
- Bay Pomme D'or13.0 mi
- Empire Jetty16.9 mi
- Grand Bay20.0 mi
- Comfort Island34.7 mi