Fifth Ward Louisiana Map

About Fifth Ward, Louisiana

Fifth Ward is a locality in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 921. The population density is 68.4 people per km². Fifth Ward is located at 31.1207°N, 92.1584°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 71351.

Fifth Ward exists as a quiet stretch of earth where the sun thickens the afternoon air, turning the horizon into a shimmer of heat above the flat, persistent plains. It lies 20.4 miles southeast of Pineville, LA (from Pineville, LA: bearing 131°T), and is situated 6.3 miles west of Marksville. Heavy, fertile soil defines the landscape, anchored by the presence of Bayou Choctaw just a mile away, its slow, tea-colored waters carving a path through the humid landscape. To the north, the elevation shifts slightly toward the rise of Les Grandes Côtes, while the expansive, protected acreage of Grand Cote National Wildlife Refuge offers a sanctuary for migratory birds that drift across the sky in long, rhythmic lines. The light here catches the tall grasses at dusk, casting a bruised, violet glow that makes the distance between the earth and the heavens feel strangely narrow.

Agriculture remains the pulse of Fifth Ward, where the labor of generations has been poured into the cultivation of rice and sugarcane, crops that turn the fields into distinct shades of emerald and gold. This land bears the quiet weight of a history shaped by the convergence of Cajun and Creole traditions, a heritage that lingers in the cadence of local speech and the deliberate, unhurried pace of the day. Life here is measured by the seasonal turn of the harvest and the deep, abiding knowledge of the soil, far removed from the bustle of the coast. While Boggy Lake lies twelve miles off, providing a distant anchor for the region’s geography, the spirit of Fifth Ward remains rooted in the immediate, tangible reality of the fields and the slow, cyclical rhythm of a life governed by the sun and the rain.

About This Fifth Ward Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Fifth Ward, Louisiana. Coordinates: 31.120697, -92.158388. 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 Fifth Ward includes the ZIP code (71351), telephone area code (318), county seat of Avoyelles Parish, and school district assignment (Avoyelles 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.