Lacassine, LA

Lacassine is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Jefferson Davis Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The 2020 census counted 490 residents. Lacassine is in western Jefferson Davis Parish along U.S. Route 90, which leads west 6 miles to Iowa and east the same distance to Welsh. Interstate 10 runs along the northern edge of Lacassine, with access from Exit 48. That mix gives Lacassine a clear local shape within Louisiana, with older layers still visible in current places. The local scoop is a place whose streets, landmarks, and institutions keep its earlier story close to the present.