Basile Louisiana Map

About Basile, Louisiana

Basile is a locality in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,214. The population density is 404.1 people per km². Basile is located at 30.4852°N, 92.5960°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Basile is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 70515.

Basile sits upon a vast, flat expanse of prairie where the horizon stretches thin and taut against a sky that seems to hold the weight of the afternoon sun. It lies 22.9 miles northwest of Crowley, LA (from Crowley, LA: bearing 325°T), and is situated 18.5 miles north-northeast of Jennings. The landscape is defined by the steady, rhythmic geometry of agricultural fields, broken only by the thin, dark veins of vegetation that mark the path of Bayou Barwick as it winds through the quiet earth two miles away. Beyond the immediate reach of the fields, the land settles into a humid stillness, where the light at dusk turns the tall grasses to a bruised, golden amber. While Mitchell Lake rests five miles distant, the moisture in the air remains anchored to the soil, clinging to the heavy, dark loam that defines this inland geography.

Basile grew from the necessity of the rail line, establishing a rhythm of commerce tethered to the harvest of rice and the endurance of the local workforce. The economy remains a quiet engine of cultivation, operating with a persistence that ignores the frantic pace of distant urban centers. Residents maintain a culture shaped by the convergence of heritage and the stubborn demands of the land, finding space to preserve traditions that do not require public monuments to survive. Those seeking to witness the local ecosystem might venture toward the Farm Service Agency Interest Of La, an eight-mile trek into the protected expanses that guard the wilder character of the region. Life in Basile moves with the deliberate tempo of the seasons, echoing the cycles of planting and growth that have governed these plains since the first furrows were turned.

About This Basile Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Basile, Louisiana. Coordinates: 30.485201, -92.595972. 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 Basile includes the ZIP code (70515), telephone area code (985), county seat of Evangeline Parish, and school district assignment (Evangeline 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.