Leeville Cemetery

The story of this cemetery now is water. An Associated Press report in January 2013 found that saltwater had killed the trees around the graves and turned the marsh grass soggy, one of at least two dozen southeast Louisiana cemeteries sinking or washing out. Windell Curole of the South Lafourche Levee District said they were built on high ground that has since dropped into wetlands. In Lafourche, Terrebonne and Plaquemines parishes, more than a dozen have been lost to tidal surge. Some towns pour concrete slabs to raise burials, and officials say little more can be done.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• LUMCON DeFelice Marine Center — 27 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

• Golden Meadow — 9.9 mi
• Galliano — 13 mi
• Fort Livingston — 14 mi
• Cote Blanche — 19 mi