Creola Louisiana Map

About Creola, Louisiana

Creola is a locality in Grant Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 242. The population density is 227.9 people per km². Creola is located at 31.4269°N, 92.4810°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Creola is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 71423.

Creola endures as a quiet convergence of pine-shadowed earth and the persistent, low-slung hum of the inland woods. It lies 11.3 miles north-northwest of Pineville, LA (from Pineville, LA: bearing 338°T), and is situated 6.8 miles northwest of Ball. Moccasin Branch carves its path through the loam just a short distance away, drawing a dark, narrow ribbon through the undergrowth that marks the pulse of the local geography. To the horizon, the land tilts toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Backbone Ridge, while the dense, resinous expanse of Kisatchie National Forest presses against the outskirts, defining the limits of the clearing. The air here holds a heavy, static weight, particularly as the sun begins to fail and the light turns the color of bruised plums, settling into the hollows of the landscape like water in a basin.

Creola maintains a pace dictated by the long-standing rhythms of timber harvesting and the quiet labor of those who work the inland soil. While Kisatchie Lake sits only four miles to the north, the focus of the locality remains tethered to the forest floor and the thick, stubborn growth that defines this corner of the state. History here is written in the slow reclamation of the land by pine and scrub, leaving behind the faint, rusted echoes of earlier industry amidst the modern silence. Life moves in a measured, deliberate cadence, far removed from the frantic motion of the south, existing instead in the stillness of the trees and the persistent, quiet endurance of the people who remain.

About This Creola Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Creola, Louisiana. Coordinates: 31.426946, -92.480966. 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 Creola includes the ZIP code (71423), telephone area code (318), county seat of Grant Parish, and school district assignment (Grant 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.