Buras Post Office

Buras Post Office is a post office in Plaquemines Parish, Greater New Orleans, Louisiana. Buras Post Office is situated nearby to the hamlet Fort St. Philip, as well as near Fort Jackson.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Buras and Fort St. Philip.

Buras

Village

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Buras is a census-designated place in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States. Its population was 945 at the 2010 census, and 1,109 in 2020. Prior to the 2010 census, Buras was considered to be part of the Buras-Triumph CDP.

Fort St. Philip

Hamlet

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Fort St. Philip is a historic masonry fort located on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, about 40 miles upriver from its mouth in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, just opposite Fort Jackson on the other side of the river. Fort St. Philip is situated 3 miles northeast of Buras Post Office.

Fort Jackson

Hamlet

Photo: Jmulhearn, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fort Jackson is a historic masonry fort located 40 miles up river from the mouth of the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. It was constructed as a coastal defense of New Orleans, between 1822 and 1832, and it was a battle site during the American Civil War. Fort Jackson is situated 3½ miles east of Buras Post Office.

Buras Post Office

Type: Post office
Also known as: “Buras Settlement Post Office” and “Former Buras Post Office”
Location: Plaquemines Parish, Greater New Orleans, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

29.34079° or 29° 20′ 27″ north

Longitude

-89.51114° or 89° 30′ 40″ west

Elevation

-3 feet (-1 metres)

Open location code

76XG8FRQ+8G

OpenStreetMap ID

node 358398622

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=post_office

GeoNames ID

4318339

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