Boothville-Venice, Louisiana
| Boothville-Venice | |
| Former census-designated place | |
| Country | United States |
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| State | Louisiana |
| Parish | Plaquemines |
| Elevation | −3 ft (−0.9 m) |
| Coordinates | 29°19′04″N 89°23′25″W / 29.31778°N 89.39028°WCoordinates: 29°19′04″N 89°23′25″W / 29.31778°N 89.39028°W |
| Area | 5.1 sq mi (13.2 km2) |
| - land | 2.6 sq mi (7 km2) |
| - water | 2.5 sq mi (6 km2), 49.02% |
| Population | 2,220 (2000) |
| Density | 863.2/sq mi (333.3/km2) |
| Timezone | CST (UTC-6) |
| - summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Area code | 504 |
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Boothville-Venice is a former census-designated place (CDP) in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States, which includes the unincorporated communities of Boothville, Venice, and Orchid. The population was 2,220 at the 2000 census. For the 2010 census, Boothville-Venice was split into the CDPs of Boothville and Venice.
Boothville is the most populous and northernmost of these communities, all located along Louisiana Highway 23 on the West Bank of the Mississippi River. Boothville is home to the Boothville Heliport, important in helicopter transport for offshore oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. Venice, Louisiana is the town farthest south along Highway 23 within the protection levee. Neighboring Orchid (sometimes considered part of Venice) is outside of the protection levee; it has a boat marina and buildings raised on stilts. The Boothville-Venice area also includes the community of Tidewater, to the west of Orchid on a secondary road; port and petroleum facilities dominate Tidewater, which also has a weather station.
Boothville is very near to where Hurricane Katrina made landfall on August 29, 2005. According to the Baton Rouge Advocate, very little was left standing in either Boothville or Venice, the few buildings that survived had water up to the rooftops ([1]), and the area orange groves had also been submerged. The only building for almost 40 miles that weathered the storm with minimal damage was the Boothville-Venice High School. It was built after Hurricanes Betsy and Camille on concrete stilts 14 feet above ground to protect classrooms from storm surge, and it was designed with tall, narrow windows to lessen the risk of broken windows from flying debris. The school was reopened in 2006 as the Boothville-Venice Elementary School.
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