Maringouin

Established in 1907, Maringouin (Cajun French for “mosquito”) was a fast-growing and bustling little town with two large economic advantages: it had two waterways running through it (Bayou Maringouin and Bayou Grosse Tete), and an active railroad going straight down its center.

At the height of its growth, the small town boasted a hotel and even it’s own movie theater.

Maringouin is now a sleepy, old town; a fading memory of long-gone days when small, Cajun towns boomed and people, most now long dead, lived out their dreams and wove their lives into the fabric of a small, close-knit community.