Carencro
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Carencro, Louisiana de Carencro |
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| City of Carencro | |
Downtown Carencro
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 Location of Carencro in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. |
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.svg) Location of Louisiana in the United States |
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| Coordinates: 30°18′51″N 92°02′37″W / 30.31417°N 92.04361°WCoordinates: 30°18′51″N 92°02′37″W / 30.31417°N 92.04361°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Louisiana |
| Parish | Lafayette |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7.62 sq mi (19.73 km2) |
| • Land | 7.62 sq mi (19.73 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 39 ft (12 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 7,526 |
| • Estimate (2016) | 8,752 |
| • Density | 1,149.01/sq mi (443.64/km2) |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 70520 |
| Area code(s) | 337 |
| FIPS code | 22-12665 |
| Website | Carenco, Louisiana |
Carencro (/ˈkærənkroʊ/; historically French: St.-Pierre) is a small city in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. It is a suburb of the nearby city of Lafayette. The population was 7,526 at the 2010 census, up from 6,120 at the 2000 census. Its name comes from the Cajun French word for buzzard: the spot was one where large flocks of buzzards roosted in the bald cypress trees. The name means "carrion crow."
Carencro is part of the Lafayette Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Many senior Carencro natives attest that the town's name originates from before the American Civil War. According to this local legend, Native Americans told Vermilionville settlers that in old times a large number of "carrion crows" (vultures, called carencro in French) had settled around the Vermilion River between Lafayette and Opelousas, Louisiana to feast on a fish die-off.
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