Charenton Louisiana Map

About Charenton, Louisiana

Charenton is a locality in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,699. The population density is 132.1 people per km². Charenton is located at 29.8671°N, 91.5400°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 70523, 70544.

Charenton draws its character from the slow, deliberate movement of the Bayou Teche as it curls past the verdant, flat expanses of the Louisiana lowlands. It lies 19.5 miles east-southeast of New Iberia, LA (from New Iberia, LA: bearing 116°T), and is situated 6.1 miles north-northwest of Franklin. The air here holds a permanent, humid weight, carrying the scent of damp earth and distant salt from the Gulf of Mexico, which waits only twelve miles to the south. Within this landscape, the horizon remains stubbornly level, broken only by the silhouettes of cypress trees and the heavy, green expanse of sugarcane fields that drink from the sun. Herbert Washington Park provides a quiet, green anchor for the locality, offering a space where the stillness of the afternoon is interrupted only by the rustle of wind through the tall grasses. Beyond the immediate reach of the bank, the landscape stretches toward the waters of Lake Fausse Pointe, while the distant, low-lying profile of Fishers Island marks the transition toward the open coast.

Charenton carries the weight of a history rooted in the confluence of cultures that shaped the surrounding parishes, where the rhythm of life has long been dictated by the seasonal labor of the fields. The local economy persists in a quiet dialogue with the land, moving in time with the harvest and the persistent, sluggish current of the water. Generations have worked these soils, leaving a legacy that manifests in the local speech and the unforced, communal pace of the day. Life in Charenton is marked by a profound sense of continuity, where the modern world feels distant and the primary concerns remain the health of the crop and the stability of the levees. Even as the decades pass, the locality maintains a singular, grounded identity, existing as a place where the passage of time is measured not by clocks, but by the gradual shifting of the light across the sugarcane and the steady, dark flow of the bayou.

About This Charenton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Charenton, Louisiana. Coordinates: 29.867069, -91.53998. 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 Charenton includes the ZIP code (70523, 70544), telephone area code (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.