Golden Meadow

The first owners had a sales plan. Benjamin and Louisa Hobbs Barker, from Illinois, named the place in 1839 for the yellow flowers that covered it, hoping to sell lots to French and English settlers, and they gave the idea up. The town does not show in the census until 1950, and its first public elementary school opened in 1917, with a high school in 1933. Oil and gas are now the main revenue. Highway 3235 bypasses the town today, and Golden Meadow was once known as a speed trap.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• LUMCON DeFelice Marine Center — 25 mi
  The Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium's laboratory at the end of Highway 56, open for self-guided tours of aquaria and exhibits, an observation tower and a pond boardwalk.

More markers nearby

• Galliano — 3.2 mi
• Cote Blanche — 9.2 mi
• Curole House — 9.3 mi
• Leeville Cemetery — 9.9 mi