Avondale Louisiana Map

About Avondale, Louisiana

Avondale is a locality in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,582. The population density is 318.4 people per km². Avondale is located at 29.9010°N, 90.1970°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 71366, 70094.

Avondale stretches across a low, humid expanse of the Louisiana coastal plain, where the sky claims more territory than the land itself. The horizon remains flat, broken only by the silhouettes of industrial infrastructure and the thick, encroaching greenery that thrives in the heavy, salt-tinged air. Water defines the edges of Avondale, with the Avondale Canal drawing a deliberate line through the terrain, serving as a reminder of the constant, quiet struggle between soil and tide. Near the shaded quiet of Kark Park, the light at dusk takes on a bruised, violet quality, filtering through the dense foliage to cast long, thin shadows that seem to stretch toward the distant moisture of Lake Cataouatche.

Avondale carries the weight of a working landscape, where the legacy of maritime industry and heavy shipping has long dictated the pulse of daily life. The economy remains tethered to the movement of goods and the maintenance of massive vessels, a tradition that anchors the locality to the broader, slow-moving commerce of the region. History here is written in the steel of shipyards and the persistent, encroaching presence of the wetlands that lie beyond the reach of the levees. Further out, the landscape yields to the wilder, marshy reaches of Bayou Bardeaux and the distant, isolated reaches of Couba Island, while the memory of the Bell Crevasse lingers in the subtle, uneven depressions of the earth. Life in Avondale moves with a deliberate, heavy grace, shaped by the heat and the constant, rhythmic churn of the water that defines this corner of the world.

About This Avondale Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Avondale, Louisiana. Coordinates: 29.901029, -90.19702. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Avondale includes the ZIP code (71366, 70094), telephone area code (318, 504), county seat of Jefferson Parish, and school district assignment (Jefferson Parish School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.