Belmont Louisiana Map

About Belmont, Louisiana

Belmont is a locality in Sabine Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 161. The population density is 5.7 people per km². Belmont is located at 31.7163°N, 93.5091°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 71486.

Belmont lies in a landscape that breathes the humid air of the Louisiana piney woods, a place where rolling terrain gives way to the shadowed embrace of mixed forests. It lies 56.8 miles south-south-east of Bossier City, LA (from Bossier City, LA: bearing 167°T), and is situated 9.9 miles north-east of Zwolle. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, falls in broad, warm swathes across the red-clay earth, illuminating the occasional weathered fence post or the glint of a distant metal roof. The air here carries the scent of pine needles warmed by the sun, mingled with the damp, earthy perfume of the surrounding woodlands. Even in the quietest moments, there's a sense of gentle, persistent life, a slow unfurling of green against the persistent blue of the sky. The history of Belmont is tied to the deep roots of Sabine Parish, a region shaped by timber and the quiet perseverance of its people. For generations, the economy here has ebbed and flowed with the fortunes of the forest, the rhythmic hum of chainsaws and the rumble of logging trucks once a familiar sound. While the landscape still bears the marks of its industrious past, there's a palpable sense of a slower pace of life now, an unhurried cadence that allows the natural world to reassert its gentle dominion. The local roads, often lined with dense foliage, wind through the countryside, leading to scattered homes and small businesses that form the quiet heart of Belmont.

About This Belmont Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Belmont, Louisiana — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 31.71628, -93.509066. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Belmont and Sabine Parish.

Detailed location data for Belmont includes the ZIP code (70743), telephone area code (985, 318), county seat of Sabine Parish, and school district assignment (Sabine Parish School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Belmont is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.