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Children fishing in bayou at Schriever, 1940.  Photo by Marion Post Wolcott.
Children fishing in bayou at Schriever, 1940. Photo by Marion Post Wolcott.
Schriever is located in Louisiana
Schriever
Schriever
Location in Louisiana
Country United States
State Louisiana
Parish Terrebonne
Area
 • Total 14.32 sq mi (37.08 km2)
 • Land 14.25 sq mi (36.92 km2)
 • Water 0.06 sq mi (0.16 km2)
Elevation
13 ft (4 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total 6,711
 • Density 471/sq mi (182/km2)
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP Code
70395
Area code(s) 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 HoumaBayou CaneThibodaux 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.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 14.4 square miles (37.4 km2), of which 14.4 square miles (37.2 km2) is land and 0.1 square mile (0.2 km2) (0.42%) is water.

Amtrak's Sunset Limited train stops at the Schriever station, serving the nearby cities Houma and Thibodaux.

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop.
2020 6,711
U.S. Decennial Census
Schriever racial composition as of 2020
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.
  • Henry S. Thibodaux (in office 1824), former governor of Louisiana, owned a plantation nearby and is buried at Halfway Cemetery in nearby Gray.

See also

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