Bayou Sara, LA -- Now Defunct
Port community of Bayou Sara, LA was along the Mississippi River and Bayou Sara (nw of Baton Rouge, LA). The glory days for Bayou Sara were before the Civil War. Repeated floodings from Mississippi River, fires, yellow fever epidemics, and shelling from Civil War times, all took it's toll, and by 1909 it was struggling badly. The town never recovered after the massive floods of 1927.
I'm reading this book about the history of the community of Bayou Sara.
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This roadside sign still exists in that area.
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The Oyster Bar is back open after being flooded in Spring 2018 with about 5 ft of water.
I went in there in early July and had a couple beers and talked with locals and employee/server Ava.
The bar has flooded numerous times over the years. So it is not defunct, but still struggles with river flooding.
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Kayaking on Bayou Sara in mid-June, 2018 from the low water bridge down to the Mississippi River. 
This waterway changes significantly from a shallow stream when coming down the higher ground region, then gets deeper as it gets closer to the Mississippi River.
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And today you can see/board the tourist steamships by the Old River Landing close to where Bayou Sara flows into the Mississippi River.
You can imagine bales of cotton, other goods, and passengers loading on at Port City Bayou Sara back in the 1800's.
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Lafayette, LA
j/k.
