Boothville Louisiana Map

About Boothville, Louisiana

Boothville is a locality in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 718. The population density is 129.0 people per km². Boothville is located at 29.3325°N, 89.4057°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 70041, 70038.

Boothville occupies a low, precarious sliver of earth where the sediment of the continent yields to the encroaching tides of the Gulf of Mexico. It lies 49.2 miles southeast of Belle Chasse, LA (from Belle Chasse, LA: bearing 136°T), and is situated 57.7 miles southeast of New Orleans. The landscape here is defined by a heavy, humid stillness, where the air feels saturated with the scent of salt and the brackish exhale of the Mississippi River just a mile to the east. Beyond the immediate banks, the terrain dissolves into a complex mosaic of marsh and shifting silt, a fragile frontier that keeps a constant, watchful distance from the solid ground of Wilder Flats nine miles away. To the west, the quiet expanse of Bay Denesse anchors the horizon, while the nearby Unknown Park provides a sanctuary of wild grass and tangled brush that seems to absorb the golden, heavy light of late afternoon.

Boothville exists as a testament to the endurance of those who have long harvested the bounty of these shifting waters. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythms of the gulf, with the daily movement of boats and the industry of the catch serving as the primary pulse of the neighborhood. History here is measured not in monuments, but in the slow, persistent reclamation of land by the water and the resilience of a people accustomed to the unpredictable nature of the coast. On days when the wind carries the brine from the gulf, one might look toward the distant silhouette of Sable Island and recognize a place that does not demand much from the world, preferring instead the unadorned, watery labor of the present moment.

About This Boothville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Boothville, Louisiana. Coordinates: 29.332516, -89.405729. 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 Boothville includes the ZIP code (70041, 70038), telephone area code (504), county seat of Plaquemines Parish, and school district assignment (Plaquemines 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.