Crescent Louisiana Map
Crescent, Louisiana — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live National Weather Service conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Crescent, Terrebonne Parish.
Interactive Map of Crescent, Louisiana
| City | Crescent |
| State | Louisiana (LA) |
| County | Terrebonne Parish |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 29.614102 |
| Longitude | -90.790926 |
| Density | N/A /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
About Crescent, Louisiana
Crescent is a locality in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States. Crescent is located at 29.6141°N, 90.7909°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 70764.0.
Crescent lies where the land sighs softly into water, a place where the air hangs thick with the scent of marsh and the low hum of unseen life. It lies 4.5 miles west-north-west of Houma, LA (from Houma, LA: bearing 286°T), and is situated 2.5 miles west-south-west of Bayou Cane. Cypress knees, gnarled and ancient, punctuate the murky edges of bayous, their dark reflections rippling with the passing of unseen creatures. Sunlight, when it breaks through the humid haze, falls in broad, golden shafts, illuminating the emerald sheen of duckweed and the iridescent flash of dragonfly wings. The land itself feels perpetually damp, a rich, yielding soil that cradles the roots of live oaks draped in ghostly Spanish moss, their branches reaching like skeletal fingers towards a sky that often weeps a gentle, persistent rain. This stretch of Terrebonne Parish, Crescent, has long drawn sustenance from the bounty of its watery embrace. Historically, it was a realm of shrimpers and oystermen, their lives dictated by the tides and the seasons, their weathered hands adept at hauling nets and shucking shells. The economy still echoes this maritime heritage, with fishing fleets dotting the waterways and seafood processing plants humming with activity, a testament to generations who understood the rhythm of the Gulf. Beyond the immediate shores, the vast, untamed wetlands of the Louisiana coast stretch outwards, a vital, fragile ecosystem that shapes the very character of Crescent, a place where the human spirit learns to coexist with the wild, beautiful, and sometimes formidable power of nature.
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About This Crescent Map Page
This page provides an interactive Google map of Crescent, Louisiana with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Crescent and Terrebonne Parish. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Crescent is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Crescent is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |
