Fort Jesup Louisiana Map
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Interactive Map of Fort Jesup, Louisiana
| City | Fort Jesup |
| State | Louisiana (LA) |
| County | Sabine Parish |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 31.612949 |
| Longitude | -93.402951 |
| Population | 286 |
| Density | 35.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
About Fort Jesup, Louisiana
Fort Jesup is a locality in Sabine Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 286. The population density is 35.8 people per km². Fort Jesup is located at 31.6129°N, 93.4030°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 71449.
Fort Jesup rests on land that remembers the slow, persistent work of water and wind, a gentle rise here and there breaking the otherwise flat expanse of piney woods and scattered hardwoods that characterize this corner of Louisiana. It lies 60.2 miles west-north-west of Alexandria, LA (from Alexandria, LA: bearing 291°T), and is situated 5.7 miles east-north-east of Many. The air hangs thick and humid, carrying the scent of damp earth and the distant, sweet decay of fallen leaves, a constant reminder of the lush, subtropical embrace of the region. Longleaf pines, tall and straight as soldiers, stand sentinel over the undergrowth of palmetto and gallberry, their needles rustling a dry, whispered song in the infrequent breezes. The light here, especially in the late afternoon, filters through the dense canopy in shifting, ethereal shafts, illuminating the quiet persistence of life in this often-overlooked landscape. The history of Fort Jesup is tied to the very edge of a burgeoning nation, a strategic outpost established in the early nineteenth century to secure the border with Spanish Texas and later to observe the movements of the Mexican army. Its strategic importance waned with shifting political boundaries, but the land itself continued to support a modest agrarian life, with small farms carved out of the dense woodlands, growing cotton and corn under the watchful gaze of the humid sky. Today, the remnants of the fort stand as a quiet testament to those earlier times, a place where the echoes of military drills can almost be heard above the drone of cicadas. The local economy, like much of rural Louisiana, relies on the bounty of the land and the surrounding waterways, with timber harvesting and small-scale agriculture still playing a role, while the nearby Sabine River offers a slower, more deliberate pace of life, its waters reflecting the endless, changing moods of the sky above Fort Jesup.
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About This Fort Jesup Map Page
This page provides an interactive Google map of Fort Jesup, Louisiana with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Fort Jesup and Sabine Parish. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Fort Jesup is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Fort Jesup is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |
