Oretta, LA

Oretta is a census-designated place in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, United States. The 2010 census counted 418 residents. Louisiana Highway 27 leads through the center of the CDP, leading north 25 miles to DeRidder, the parish seat, and south 5 miles to DeQuincy in Calcasieu Parish. A newcomer can read Oretta through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Oretta comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines.