Castor Louisiana Map

About Castor, Louisiana

Castor is a locality in Bienville Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 230. The population density is 74.6 people per km². Castor is located at 32.2532°N, 93.1657°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Castor is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 71016.

Castor holds a quiet stillness within the pine-studded uplands of Bienville Parish, where the air thickens with the scent of damp earth and resin as the sun dips behind the distant silhouette of Shell Hill. It lies 26.0 miles south-southeast of Minden, LA (from Minden, LA: bearing 164°T), and is situated 34.3 miles north of Natchitoches. Castor Creek traces a narrow, serpentine path just one mile from the center, its dark waters reflecting the towering hardwoods that lean inward to shade the banks. The landscape here is defined by these low, forested ridges and the deep, hushed corridors of timber that have long dictated the rhythm of the land. In the golden hour, the light filters through the canopy in thin, dusty shafts, illuminating the fine, red clay soil that clings to the roots of the pines and defines the character of the ground underfoot.

Life in Castor has historically turned on the cycles of the forest and the steady, patient work of the sawmill, anchoring a local economy that remains deeply tethered to the surrounding woodland. Only three miles away, the protected expanse of Black Lake Bayou serves as a vital artery for the region, preserving a wilder, wetter geography that provides a stark contrast to the managed timber tracts nearby. Residents often look toward the quiet surface of Kepler Creek Lake, four miles off, where the transition from the dense, pine-choked ridges to the open, shimmering water offers a brief reprieve from the heat of the afternoon. There is a permanence in the way the local life unfolds, a deliberate slowness that mirrors the way the water moves through the bayou, indifferent to the urgent pace of the wider world.

About This Castor Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Castor, Louisiana. Coordinates: 32.253213, -93.165722. 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 Castor includes the ZIP code (71016), telephone area code (318), county seat of Bienville Parish, and school district assignment (Bienville 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.