Taft, LA

Taft is a census-designated place in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, United States, located on the west bank of the Mississippi River. The 2020 census counted 61 residents. The community is part of the industrial corridor along the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Taft is the location of the Dow St. Charles Operations chemical complex, part of the Waterford Nuclear Generating Station, and other industrial facilities. Taft is the location of the Dow St. Charles Operations complex. Dow describes its Louisiana operations as home to 15 production units that make more than 200 products used in cosmetics, detergents, solvents, pharmaceuticals, adhesives, plastics, packaging, automotive parts and electronic components.

A newcomer can read Taft through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Taft comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. Taft developed as a small river community in St. Charles Parish. Taft is on the west bank of the Mississippi River in St. Charles Parish. The CDP is across the river from Norco and Montz and near Hahnville and Killona.