THE DUSON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Lafayette Loess Plains setting.
Duson town has 2.99 square miles of land in Acadia Parish, Lafayette Parish. Its Census reference point is in Lafayette Loess Plains, within Western Gulf Coastal Plain.
Low coastal plains extend along the western Gulf, contrasting with more irregular inland country. Grassland was the principal natural cover, with river corridors and coastal features adding local variation.
Regional context: Western Gulf Coastal Plain ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Duson intersects 2 county geographies: Acadia Parish, Lafayette Parish. A Duson mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Duson by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Duson, or 0.3% of its total area. It is 17.2 percentage points lower than the 17.5% recorded for Louisiana. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Duson town has 78.2% of the land area of nearby Rayne city (3.82 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.