Bayou Pigeon, Louisiana

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Bayou Pigeon is a small village located near the southern extremities of Iberville Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is bordered by the Atchafalaya Basin on the west, Louisiana Highway 404 to the north, and Iberia Parish to the south. The hamlet is primarily composed of fishers and plant workers. A great majority of the village's population is of Cajun descent and white. Many of the residents trace their lineage back to Pierre Part, a town in nearby Assumption Parish. Cajun French can still be heard in some of the older resident's homes. Catholicism is the predominant faith, and the only church is St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church. Despite the predominance of Roman Catholicism, there was a Southern Baptist congregation in the village from the 1960's to the late 1980's, known as Bayou Pigeon Baptist Church and led by Rev. George W. Ray (1912-1992). The main thoroughfare is Louisiana Highway 75. There is one bridge across the Grand River near the Catholic church. It was erected in 1957. Of an interesting note, Hwy. 75 terminates on the east bank of the Grand River in Bayou Pigeon at a location dubbed "The End of the World." The village was also featured on the Discovery Channel show "Dirty Jobs" in an episode profiling the work of a local crawfisher.