Centerville Louisiana Map

About Centerville, Louisiana

Centerville is a locality in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 499. The population density is 204.5 people per km². Centerville is located at 29.7563°N, 91.4256°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 71367, 70522.

Centerville unfolds along the banks of the Bayou Teche, where the slow, dark current carves a path through the low-lying coastal plain. It lies 13.9 miles west-northwest of Morgan City, LA (from Morgan City, LA: bearing 287°T), and is situated 5.1 miles east-southeast of Franklin. The landscape here is defined by the heavy, humid stillness of the lowlands, where the Bayou Teche National Wildlife Refuge stretches out in a mosaic of swamp and bottomland hardwood forest. To the south, the flat horizon hints at the Gulf of Mexico, just eleven miles distant, while the presence of Gray Horse Isle breaks the monotonous expanse of the marshy terrain. The light in the late afternoon possesses a thick, amber quality that clings to the moss-draped cypress trees, casting long, bruised shadows across the water and turning the sky into a bruised plum color as the day retreats.

Centerville persists as a quiet node of labor and heritage, rooted in the expansive sugarcane fields that have long governed the local economy. The rhythms of the harvest dictate the pace of life, a cycle as old as the settlement itself, punctuated by the seasonal machinery that hums beneath the canopy. Beyond the agriculture, the proximity to Wax Lake and the intricate network of waterways continue to shape the character of those who live here, drawing a line of continuity from the early settlers to the present. There is a particular, unforced dignity in the way the architecture clings to the earth, a collection of structures that seem to absorb the dampness of the air and the weight of the years, standing as markers of a life lived in careful negotiation with the surrounding water.

About This Centerville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Centerville, Louisiana. Coordinates: 29.756277, -91.425631. 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 Centerville includes the ZIP code (71367, 70522), telephone area code (318, 985), county seat of St. Mary Parish, and school district assignment (St. Mary 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.