Torras, Louisiana

Torras is the name of a former town in the extreme northeastern corner of Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, United States.

The town of Torras was expected to develop into an important shipping and rail center, due to its excellent location.

Disaster struck, however, on May 1, 1912, when the levee in front of the town gave way during the great Mississippi River flood of that year.

Some 17,000 residents of Pointe Coupee were forced from their homes and at least 28 persons drowned, principally in the Lettsworth, Batchelor and Erwinwille communities to the south of Torras.

With the relocation of the railroad in later years, however, the community of Torras ceased to exist and there are no buildings left to mark its former location.