Carencro is a city in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a suburb of the nearby city of Lafayette. The population was 7,526 at the 2010 census, up from 6,120 in 2000; at the 2020 census
Downtown Carencro
Downtown facing St. Peter's church.
St. Peters Catholic church next to the town's water tower.
Roadside businesses along Hector Connoly Road at I-49 Frontage Road.
Lafayette, Vermilionville, or the Lafayette metropolitan statistical area per the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, is the third largest metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. state of Louisian
Carencro, Louisiana
…settled was one where large flocks of American black vultures roosted in the bald cypress trees. The name means "carrion crow." Carencro is part of the Lafayette metropolitan area. Many senior Carencro natives attest that the town's name originates from before the American Civil War. According to this local legend, Native Americans…