Schriever, Louisiana

Schriever
CDP
Children fishing in bayou at Schriever, 1940. Photo by Marion Post Wolcott.
Schriever Location of Schriever in Louisiana
Coordinates: 29°44′42″N 90°49′04″W
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Parish	Terrebonne
Area [1]
• Total	14.32 sq mi (37.08 km^2)
• Land	14.25 sq mi (36.92 km^2)
• Water	0.06 sq mi (0.16 km^2)
Elevation	13 ft (4 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	6,711
• Density	471/sq mi (182/km^2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP Code	70395
Area code	985
FIPS code	22-68300

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 km^2), of which 14.4 square miles (37.2 km^2) is land and 0.1 square mile (0.2 km^2) (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

1. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
2. "Houma Branch". RailGoat (Railfan.net). Retrieved January 21, 2024.
3. "The Great American Stations: Schriever, LA (SCH)". Amtrak. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
4. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
5. "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
6. "In Memory of Sherman Bernard, Sr". obits.dignitymemorial.com. Retrieved June 16, 2013.