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History · Buras

Half of Buras’ homes were built after 2004

Most of Buras was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2004. Below: 2 old photos and papers from 1891 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
2famous people
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Photo: Tony Ragas · Public domain

What stands out about Buras’ past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 2 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Buras’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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The story

How Buras came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Buras.

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Hurricane Katrina made its official landfall in Louisiana in Buras in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana on August 29, 2005. Buras experienced the full force of the storm, with catastrophic winds and storm surge leading to extensive damage. This area marked the first point of impact for one of the most devastating hurricanes in U.S. history.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Buras, 1891 to 1994

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1891In the archivePlaquemines Parish Louisiana Map 1891 Empire Quarantine
  3. 20th century
  4. 1939In the archivePlaquemines Parish Louisiana Empire Area Map 1944
  5. 1991Born hereJames Wright is born here
  6. 1994Born hereDuke Riley is born here
By decade

Buras, decade by decade

2 decades in the archive, from the 1890s to the 1930s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1890s1 item
Plaquemines Parish Louisiana Map 1891 Empire Quarantine1891Plaquemines Parish Louisiana Map 1891 Empire Quaranti…Map
1900s–1920snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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1930s1 item
Plaquemines Parish Louisiana Empire Area Map 19441939Plaquemines Parish Louisiana Empire Area Map 1944Map
1940s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today4 recent
FEMA - 18107 - Photograph by Robert Kaufmann taken on 10-26-2005 in Louisiana2005FEMA - 18107 - Photograph by Robert Kaufmann taken on…FEMA - 17884 - Photograph by Robert Kaufmann taken on 10-26-2005 in Louisiana2005FEMA - 17884 - Photograph by Robert Kaufmann taken on…FEMA - 17880 - Photograph by Robert Kaufmann taken on 10-26-2005 in Louisiana2005FEMA - 17880 - Photograph by Robert Kaufmann taken on…Buras, Louisiana - 26-HK-340-72005Buras, Louisiana - 26-HK-340-7
Famous people

2 famous people were born in Buras

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Duke RileyAmerican football player · b. 1994
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James WrightAmerican football player, born 1991 · b. 1991
Places that used to be

Places now gone

Gone or out of use
Buras High Schoolschool

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Triumph2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEmpire2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (6), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.