Johnson's Bayou, Louisiana

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Johnson's Bayou is a small community on the Gulf Coast in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, United States, named after Daniel Johnson, who came to the area in around 1790. It is located on Louisiana Highway 82, 12 miles west of Holly Beach, and 28 miles southeast, across the Sabine Pass channel, of Port Arthur, Texas.

The Holleyman Bird Sanctuary is located in the community, and is south of the Sabine National Wildlife Refuge. Johnson's Bayou is home to four natural gas pipelines.

A house in Johnson's Bayou destroyed by Hurricane Rita

On October 12, 1886, Johnson's Bayou was completely destroyed by the "great storm of 1886;" a storm surge of between seven and twelve feet that swept inland at Johnson's Bayou, killing between 50 and 100 people. It was hit again by the storm of July 21 -22, 1909, by Hurricane Audrey in 1957, and yet again by Hurricane Rita on September 24, 2005.

Location: 29.7613323 -93.6584918 (29°45'40"N 93°39'30"W)
Elevation: 7 feet (2 m)
Population: near 400