Ruth
Ruth is an unincorporated community and locality in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community is located at. The village is 8.3 miles east of Lafayette on the Bayou Teche and the Louisiana Highway 351.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, United States
- Also known as: “Ruth, LA” and “Ruth, Louisiana”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lake la Pointe.
Lake la Pointe
Lake
Photo: Pierre5018, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lake Martin, located in St. Martin Parish, is a wildlife preserve and one of Louisiana's swamplands. The swamplands are home to a few trails as well as many different kinds of animals such as herons, egrets, ibis, bullfrogs, cottonmouths, alligators, and coypu rats. Lake la Pointe is situated 2 miles southwest of Ruth.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Breaux Bridge.
Breaux Bridge
Town
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South Central Louisiana is a part of "Acadiana," the name given to the region of southern Louisiana that is the home of the Cajun people. Everything that made Cajun culture popular came from this region: food, music, literature, and of course, the unique variant of French spoken here. Breaux Bridge is situated 2½ miles northwest of Ruth.
Ruth
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: St. Martin, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
30.23798° or 30° 14′ 17″ northLongitude
-91.88178° or 91° 52′ 54″ westElevation
26 feet (8 metres)Open location code
862C64Q9+57OpenStreetMap ID
node 151668493OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
“Ruth” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “呂特”
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