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History · Chackbay

Half of Chackbay’s homes were built after 1987

More historic than 9% of U.S. towns · #141 of 161 in Louisiana. What drives it

Most of Chackbay was built recently: 1% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1987. Below: maps from 1892 on and the census since 1990.

0on the National Register
1%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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Photo: Butch DuCote · Public domain
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About Chackbay’s history

How historic is Chackbay?

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More historic than 9% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

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History grade

What drives Chackbay’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Chackbay is more historic than 9% of U.S. towns, #141 of 161 in Louisiana. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.

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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Chackbay’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 19401.3% of homes (±2.2) · typical LA town 3.4% · U.S. 8.4%DNational RegisterNo listings counted · typical LA town 3.8 per 10,000 · U.S. 2.4C−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 9%
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Louisiana towns of 2,500+ (161)Ahead of 12%

Louisiana towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Louisiana town has 3.8 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Chackbay’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (21% of Louisiana towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share (±2.2 points) is firm at this size.

Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →

What stands out about Chackbay’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Chackbay are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18927 editions of the USGS map, 1892 to 1998. Watch Chackbay change.Lost villages5 hamlets and corners are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Chackbay’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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On the map

Chackbay on the map, 1892 to 1998

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Chackbay. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Chackbay on the 1892 USGS mapChackbay on the 1932 USGS mapChackbay on the 1940 USGS mapChackbay on the 1955 USGS mapChackbay on the 1962 USGS mapChackbay on the 1980 USGS mapChackbay on the 1998 USGS map1892Thibodaux sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Chackbay.

Places that used to be

Old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
ChegbyGrand Bayou Mobile Home ParkKraemerOrange Grove PlantationWoodland Heights Mobile Home Community
Gone or out of use
Chegby Gas FieldoilfieldNorth Thibodaux Gas FieldoilfieldSouth Chegby Gas Fieldoilfield
1cemetery inside Chackbay
Bayou Heron

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

The story so far

Chackbay, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Chackbay yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Chackbay is a census-designated place (CDP) in northern Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 5,370 in 2020. It is part of the Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux metropolitan statistical area. Chackbay is a part of the "Ward 6" area of Lafourche Parish.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 5,177 to 5,370 (+4%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Chackbay, decade by decade

Today6 recent
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People over time

Chackbay, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,0004,5005,0005,5006,000200020205,370

Grew from 2,276 people in 1990 to 5,370 in 2020.

4 censuses, 1990–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Chackbay’s Wikipedia page.

Questions about Chackbay’s history

How does Chackbay rank for history?

Chackbay is more historic than 9% of U.S. towns, #141 of 161 in Louisiana. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

How old are the homes in Chackbay?

1% of Chackbay’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.2 points), against a typical 3.4% for a Louisiana town; the median home was built in 1987.

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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).

From Wikimedia Commons (6), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.