Buras, LA

Buras is a census-designated place in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States. The 2010 census counted 945 residents. Prior to the 2010 census, Buras was considered to be part of the Buras-Triumph CDP. Buras experienced the full force of the storm, with catastrophic winds and storm surge leading to extensive damage. Plaquemines Parish School Board operates the public schools of the parish. Buras is served by South Plaquemines High School in Empire, next to the Buras CDP, and with a Buras postal address. The short version is that Buras carries an earlier story into the places people know and use now. That is the local read on Buras: its past remains attached to the places people use now.