Cade Louisiana Map

About Cade, Louisiana

Cade is a locality in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,874. The population density is 107.7 people per km². Cade is located at 30.0874°N, 91.9054°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 70582, 70519, 70518.

Cade occupies a stretch of flat, fertile earth where the horizon pulls wide and low, defined by the persistent, quiet passage of the LaSalle Coulee. It lies 5.1 miles east of Youngsville, LA (from Youngsville, LA: bearing 99°T), and is situated 7.8 miles northwest of New Iberia. The land here does not rise to meet the sky so much as it waits for it, absorbing the heavy, humid light of late afternoon until the fields of sugarcane turn a deep, bruised violet. Two miles away, the Spanish Lake - Dried Lake Bed remains as a reminder of the shifting earth, a basin that holds the memory of water even in the dry, dusty heat of August. The air carries the scent of turned soil and distant, ripening crops, moving with a lethargy that suggests time itself has slowed to accommodate the growth of the green stalks that crowd the fence lines.

Cade grew from the necessity of the rail and the promise of the harvest, its economy forever tethered to the rhythmic cycles of planting and the heavy industry of the mill. The work is hard and deliberate, a legacy passed through generations who understand that wealth is measured in the yield of the acreage and the endurance of the iron tracks. Eight miles to the west, the deep, dark presence of Lake Peigneur exerts a gravitational pull on the local imagination, a silent feature that anchors the geography of the surrounding parish. Life in Cade persists in the gaps between the labor, defined by a culture that values the slow exchange of words on a porch and the persistence of traditions that remain indifferent to the frantic pace of the wider world.

About This Cade Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cade, Louisiana. Coordinates: 30.087424, -91.905396. 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 Cade includes the ZIP code (70582, 70519, 70518), telephone area code (985), county seat of St. Martin Parish, and school district assignment (St. Martin 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.