1631History
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== External links ==
Terrebonne Parish-Houma Consolidated Government
Houma Today (website of The Courier newspaper)
1832Government
Present-day Houma was formed in 1832; the city was incorporated in 1848.
1878Government
== Media ==
The local newspaper is The Courier, founded in 1878 as Le Courrier de Houma by the French-born Lafayette Bernard Filhucan Bazet.
1946Civil Rights
Southdown High School (originally Houma Colored High School) was constructed in the mid-20th century as a segregated school for black students, serving them exclusively from 194...
1961Government
South Terrebonne High School was founded in 1961.
1964Civil Rights
After that the school was integrated as a result of 1964 civil rights legislation.
1970Disaster
On January 24, 1970, an accidental gas explosion killed three people and caused extensive damage downtown.
1980Culture
Sold to The New York Times Company in 1980, it is now part of GateHouse Media.
1984History
The city's government was absorbed by the parish in 1984, which currently operates as the Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government.
1992Infrastructure
In 1992, Unsolved Mysteries profiled the case of Adam John "AJ" Breaux, a resident of Houma who went missing in 1991.
1994History
Andrews' novel Ruby (1994) is set in Houma.
1999Culture
The 1999 films Crazy in Alabama and A Lesson Before Dying were filmed partially in Houma.
2004History
== References ==
Bibliography
Cobb, Thomas Blum and Currie, Mara (2004) Houma.
2005Government
Tab Benoit's Voice of the Wetlands Music Festival, established in 2005, takes place annually in Houma, Louisiana, in October.
2008Military
In 2008, Bill Ellzey, a columnist at Houma Today, wrote that area residents were often unaware of the Houma city boundaries as the city and parish governments had consolidated.
2013History
Several scenes from the 2013 film The Butler, starring Forest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey, were filmed in downtown Houma.
2014History
In 2014, Houma-based Rushing Media merged with Guidry Group, Inc., which had owned the publication since its inception in 1997.
2019History
In 2019, the median age was 36.8.
2020History
In 2020, the population estimates program determined 32,467 people lived in the city.
2021Disaster
In late August 2021, Houma was struck by the intense eye wall of category 4 Hurricane Ida, causing widespread damage.
2022History
The 2022 film Where the Crawdads Sing was filmed in and around Houma.
2024Culture
The annual "Weenie Spaghetti Festival" was first held in Houma in 2024.