Schriever, Louisiana

CDP in Louisiana, United States

29°44′42″N 90°49′04″W / 29.74500°N 90.81778°W / 29.74500; -90.81778CountryUnited StatesStateLouisianaParishTerrebonneArea

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• Total14.32 sq mi (37.08 km²) • Land14.25 sq mi (36.92 km²) • Water0.06 sq mi (0.16 km²)Elevation

13 ft (4 m)Population

(2020)

• Total6,711 • Density471/sq mi (182/km²)Time zoneUTC-6 (CST) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP Code

70395

Area code985FIPS code22-68300

Schriever is a census-designated place (CDP) in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 6,711 in 2020. It is part of the Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux metropolitan statistical area.

The community was named for railroad official John George Schriever (1844–1898) during the 1870s opening of the New Orleans, Opelousas and Great Western Railroad line to Houma.^[2]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 14.4 square miles (37.4 km²), of which 14.4 square miles (37.2 km²) is land and 0.1 square mile (0.2 km²) (0.42%) is water.

Amtrak's Sunset Limited train stops at the Schriever station, serving the nearby cities Houma and Thibodaux.^[3]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	6,711		—
U.S. Decennial Census^[4]

Schriever racial composition as of 2020^[5]
Race	Number	Percentage
White (non-Hispanic)	4,040	60.2%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)	1,851	27.6%
Native American	122	1.8%
Asian	39	0.6%
Other/Mixed	275	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	384	5.7%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 6,711 people, 2,584 households, and 1,550 families residing in the CDP.

Notable people

Sherman A. Bernard (1925–2012), Louisiana insurance commissioner, 1972–88, was born in Schriever.^[6]
Henry S. Thibodaux (in office 1824), former governor of Louisiana, owned a plantation nearby and is buried at Halfway Cemetery in nearby Gray.

References

^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
^ "Houma Branch". RailGoat (Railfan.net). Retrieved January 21, 2024.
^ "The Great American Stations: Schriever, LA (SCH)". Amtrak. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
^ "In Memory of Sherman Bernard, Sr". obits.dignitymemorial.com. Retrieved June 16, 2013.