Crescent Louisiana Map

About Crescent, Louisiana

Crescent is a locality in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 811. The population density is 188.0 people per km². Crescent is located at 30.2432°N, 91.2882°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 70360, 70764.

Crescent sits where the dark, silt-heavy waters of Little Bayou Black carve a winding path through the flat, low-slung earth of the coastal plain. It lies 2.5 miles west-southwest of Bayou Cane, LA (from Bayou Cane, LA: bearing 254°T), and is situated 4.5 miles west-northwest of Houma. The landscape here is a study in horizontal lines, where the sky presses close to the horizon and the air holds a permanent, heavy moisture that softens the edges of every cypress tree and fence line. Five miles to the south, the tides of Bayou Terrebonne dictate the pulse of the marshes, pulling the salt air inland until it mingles with the scent of damp soil and decaying vegetation. Beyond the immediate reach of the bayou, the land stretches out in a flat expanse that finds its only relief in the distance toward Hatch Point, while the nearby waters of Lake Hatch mirror the bruised purple light of an approaching evening storm.

Crescent bears the marks of a slow, deliberate history, carved out by those who learned to harvest a living from the stubborn, water-logged soil and the intricate network of surrounding waterways. The economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons and the land, with the long, emerald stalks of sugarcane swaying in the fields, a reminder of the labor that has defined this geography for generations. Local life often centers on the simple utility of the land, whether it is the maintenance of the fields or the quiet afternoons spent at Westside Girls Complex & Park, where the community gathers under the wide, unencumbered sky. Life in Crescent moves with the cadence of the water, a quiet persistence that ignores the frantic pace of the modern world in favor of the steady, inevitable turn of the tide.

About This Crescent Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Crescent, Louisiana. Coordinates: 30.243178, -91.288157. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Crescent includes the ZIP code (70360, 70764), telephone area code (985), county seat of Terrebonne Parish, and school district assignment (Iberville Parish School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.