Buras-Triumph, Louisiana
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Louisiana |
| Parish | Plaquemines |
| Elevation | 3 ft (0.9 m) |
| Coordinates | 29°21′06″N 89°30′50″W / 29.35167°N 89.51389°WCoordinates: 29°21′06″N 89°30′50″W / 29.35167°N 89.51389°W |
| Area | 7.2 sq mi (18.6 km2) |
| - land | 5.0 sq mi (13 km2) |
| - water | 2.2 sq mi (6 km2), 30.56% |
| Population | 3,358 (2000) |
| Density | 670.9/sq mi (259.0/km2) |
| Timezone | CST (UTC-6) |
| - summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 70041 |
| Area code | 504 |
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New water tower in Buras
Buras-Triumph is an unincorporated community in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. The population was 3,358 at the 2000 census. For the 2010 census, Buras-Triumph was split into the CDPs of Buras and Triumph. On the peninsula, Buras has been located higher, with Triumph located southeast of Buras.
The town of Buras was established, informally, in the 1840s. Several small settlements on the West Bank of the Mississippi River north of Fort Jackson became known collectively as the Quartiers des Burats, the Burat Settlement, anchored on the property of Sebastian Burat, near where Cazezu Boulevard meets Parish Highway 11 today. Burat was later anglicized to Buras. In 1854, the Buras Post Office was established, along with a regular mail route by packet boat on the river. By 1864, a new church, Our Lady of Good Harbor, was established in Buras as the community grew.
In April 1862, during the American Civil War, the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip took place near Buras. Union Flag Officer David Farragut led a fleet up the river to capture New Orleans and engaged the forts in the early morning hours of April 23. A single Union vessel, the USS Varuna, was sunk near Buras in an engagement with the Confederate steamer CSS Governor Moore and the CSS Stonewall Jackson. The heavily damaged Governor Moore also sank, not far from its Union opponent.
In first decades of the 20th century, Buras' primary industries were oyster fishing and citrus farming. In the 1930s, petroleum was discovered in the region, along with natural gas and sulfur. One of the first producing fields was established in Quarantine Bay, east of Buras, by Gulf Oil Company. With the coming of the oil and gas industries, Buras began to slowly evolve from a farming and fishing village into a larger community.
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