Funeral Homes near Port Sulphur

Facts about the city

Port Sulphur is a census-designated place (CDP) on the West Bank of the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 1,760 at the 2010 census.The name Port Sulphur derives from the Freeport Sulphur Company in the early 1930s, when it set up logistics, refining, storage and shipping operations to support its Frasch Process sulphur mine at Lake Grande Ecaille, located 10 miles west of the town in the nearby marsh. The Grande Ecaille mine was the largest sulphur deposit in the world when it began operation in 1933, and remained in production until 1978. Over time, as other discoveries were made, The Freeport Sulphur Company also used the Port Sulphur facility to support their other Frasch Process sulphur mines located at Garden Island Bay, LA; Lake Pelto, LA; Caillou Island, LA; a land based mine at Chacahoula, LA; The first offshore sulphur mines at Grand Isle, LA and Caminada Pass, LA; and a large operation 50 miles offshore from the Mississippi River Delta in 300 feet of water, at Main Pass Block 299 in the Gulf of Mexico. The facility was also used to process and ship recovered sulphur obtained by oil and gas refining. The terminal was able to filter and store liquid hot molten sulphur in large insulated heated tanks, and \"vat\" liquid sulphur into acres of long term dry storage by forming blocks of bright yellow sulphur by spraying molten sulphur into metal forms on the ground and allowing to cool. The site is valuable because of its proximity to sulphur producing areas near the Gulf of Mexico, its docking sites along the Mississippi River and back bay marsh.

Port Sulphur Obituaries

It was noted by The Yazoo Herald on September 5th, 2012 that Jacke E Robinson passed away in Mississippi.  Robinson was 53 years old and was born in Port Sulphur, LA.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Jacke E's life.

It was revealed by Austin American Statesman on August 18th, 2011 that Wayde Randal Taylor passed away in Temple, Texas.  Taylor was 53 years old and was born in Port Sulphur, LA.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Wayde Randal's life.

History

The town is above sea level and had not flooded during Hurricanes Betsy and Camille. In the months following Katrina, some residents moved back to Port Sulphur in trailers and modular homes provided by FEMA. Almost all single family homes in the town were destroyed, many of which were moved off their foundation as many as 100 feet. The population was 3,115 at the 2000 United States Census census.

Port Sulphur was an out-an-out company town. Nevertheless, in Hurricane Katrina, the federal levees failed and around of water engulfed the town.