Bordelonville Louisiana Map

About Bordelonville, Louisiana

Bordelonville is a locality in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 458. The population density is 40.7 people per km². Bordelonville is located at 31.1055°N, 91.9073°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 71355, 71320.

Bordelonville unfolds across a flat, alluvial expanse where the sluggish waters of the Bayou des Glaises etch a dark, winding path through the heavy soil. It lies 34.6 miles east-southeast of Pineville, LA (from Pineville, LA: bearing 116°T), and is situated 9.5 miles east of Marksville. The light here clings to the horizon at dusk, casting a long, amber glow over the thickets of cypress and the wide, open stretches of farmland that define the local topography. Only fifteen miles to the west, the subtle rise of Les Grandes Côtes breaks the monotony of the plains, serving as a distant, silent guardian against the vastness of the sky. Two miles away, the Spring Bayou Wildlife Management Area preserves the dense, tangled character of the wetlands, while the distant, low-lying Wolf Prairie offers a reminder of the ancient, sediment-rich basins that shaped this interior landscape.

Bordelonville traces its character to the stubborn, agrarian persistence of families who cleared these woods to cultivate the fertile earth. While the local economy remains tied to the cycles of the harvest and the rhythm of the seasons, the everyday pace is marked by a quiet, deliberate attention to the land. Residents often look toward the quiet waters of Jeff Lake, eleven miles away, as a place of respite from the persistent, humid heat of the summer months. History here is kept in the weathered siding of barns and the slow, deliberate work of those who maintain the fields, ensuring that the legacy of those who first settled this interior stretch remains visible in the steady, unpretentious life of the present day.

About This Bordelonville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bordelonville, Louisiana. Coordinates: 31.105462, -91.907344. 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 Bordelonville includes the ZIP code (71355, 71320), telephone area code (318), county seat of Avoyelles Parish, and school district assignment (Avoyelles 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.