Profile for Cankton, Louisiana, LA

Local festivals include:

• Wagon Festival - May 18-20, 2007

Historic sites and museums: Chretien Point Plantation

Listed places near Cankton

Cemeteries (7)

Communities (4)

Hotels (9)

Libraries (5)

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• Ancestry of people in Cankton
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• Marital status of adults in Cankton
• Place of birth of people in Cankton
• Residence in 1995, of people in Cankton
• School enrollment & education levels in Cankton
• Transportation & commute times in Cankton
• Saint Landry Parish data
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• State data - Louisiana
• Data by street address
• Historical census records (Ancestry.com)

Sections below provide additional information and links about Cankton demographics, travel and tourism, nearby airports, cemeteries, the Saint Landry Parish economy, education, environment, genealogy, government, historic sites, Lafayette area jobs, libraries, maps, museums, newspapers and other media, nonprofit groups, real estate, recreation, religion, transportation, and weather in the 70584 ZIP code.

(Also see local map below.)

4% of Cankton residents report German ancestry, and 1% report Irish. For more info on local ancestry groups, see the Cankton ancestry & family history guide.

• Cemeteries in or near Cankton
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Post a query on a message board:

• Saint Landry Parish Ancestry forum
• GenForum

Records & databases:

• Ancestry.com - LA data
• Birth, marriage & death records
• Cemetery records
• County history catalog
• Census records (historic)
• Court, land & probate records
• Death index
• Family & local history
• Immigration records
• Military records (historic)
• Newspaper articles

• Cankton museums
• Cankton historic sites
• Cankton area parks

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• Cankton area cemeteries
• Cemetery record compendium
• Louisiana cemetery message boards
• National database of cemetery records
• Veteran grave locator

• Communities near Cankton
• Nearby cities of 10,000 or more
• Nearby cities of 50,000 or more

• Cankton business guide
• Better Business Bureau
• Business licenses

• Courts in Louisiana
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• Crime in Saint Landry Parish
• Arrests in Saint Landry Parish

• Obituaries - search nearby newspapers
• Obituary database - Ancestry.com
• Charitable donations

• Local information on disability access
• Americans with Disabilities Act
• Independent living centers in Louisiana
• National Council on Independent Living

At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Cankton was $12,225, compared with $21,587 nationally.

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• Current labor force
• Wage estimates
• Saint Landry Parish economic census
• Saint Landry Parish economic summary
• Saint Landry Parish employment growth
• Saint Landry Parish unemployment rate
• Louisiana economic data

5% of Cankton residents age 25 and older have a bachelor's or advanced college degree.

• Colleges in or near Cankton
• Colleges in Louisiana
• Learning Disabilities Association in Louisiana
• Schools in or near Cankton
• School districts in or near Cankton
• School report cards
• Yearbooks (old) of Louisiana high schools

• Movies playing in or near Cankton

• Air pollution in Saint Landry Parish
• Diesel soot in Saint Landry Parish
• Land contamination in Saint Landry Parish
• Nature Conservancy projects in Louisiana
• Ozone status & air pollution - American Lung Association
• Toxic chemical releases in Saint Landry Parish
• Water levels & streamflow conditions in Louisiana

Cankton festival dates:

• Wagon Festival - May 18-20, 2007

Dates often change. Check with local tourism officials to be sure.

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• Where to write for birth, death, marriage or divorce records

• Ancestry & family history
• Business
• Demographics
• Health
• Moving
• Nonprofit resources
• Sports & rec
• Travel

• Cankton medical services & health statistics

• State historical society

• Historic sites in or near Cankton
• Historic sites in Louisiana
• Museums in or near Cankton
• Museums in Louisiana
• Louisiana state archives
• National Historic Landmark search
• Search the Library of Congress
• Search the National Register for historic properties
• Post history questions in Saint Landry Parish genealogy forum

Median rent in Cankton, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $121.   Monthly homeowner costs, for people with mortgages, were $650.

• Find Foreclosure in Cankton
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• Jobs in the Cankton area
• Job services in Louisiana
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• Libraries near Cankton

• Louisiana library

• Census map of Cankton area
• Historic maps of LA cities - Library of Congress
• Historic maps of Louisiana
• Topographic map of Cankton

• Daily newspapers in or near Cankton
• AM radio stations in or near Cankton
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• Check daily newspapers in or near Cankton
• Search obituaries in Louisiana
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• Chambers of commerce in Louisiana
• Community foundations (by state)
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• Nonprofit groups
• Nonprofit guide for Cankton
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• Volunteer opportunities in or near Cankton

• Parks near Cankton
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Saint Landry Parish supported George W. Bush in the 2004 presidential election. For more information, see our Cankton political report.

• Louisiana Democratic party
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• Louisiana elections board

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• Churches, other places of worship in or near Cankton
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The average commute time for Cankton workers is 39 minutes, compared with 26 minutes nationwide.

• Cankton travel guide
• Airports near Cankton
• Hotels near Cankton
• Louisiana tourism bureau

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• Major storms (searchable by county)
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• National weather map

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