Bayou Carlin, also known as the Delcambre Canal, passes through the town and is home for much of the local fishing industry.

Louis' son, Poufette Delcambre, settled further to the west in what is now known as Pouffette Station.

[citation needed] In 2005, much of the town was flooded by the storm surge forced inland by Hurricane Rita.

[citation needed] The Delcambre town council and Mayor Carrol Brousard passed an ordinance in June 2007 making sagging illegal, expanding an existing state indecent exposure law to add underwear to the list of what cannot be exposed.

Lake Peigneur, at the head of the Delcambre Canal, is 1 mile (1.6 km) to the north.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.0 km2), all of it recorded as land.

[4] Historically, the area that became known as Delcambre was first settled by Acadians who were expelled from Nova Scotia in the mid-18th century.

[8] As of 2006, 74.2% of the town population spoke English, 24.2% French (including Cajun), and 1.5% Spanish.

[dead link‍][9] As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,793 people, 748 households, and 500 families residing in the town.