Georgetown Louisiana Map

About Georgetown, Louisiana

Georgetown is a locality in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 277. The population density is 82.3 people per km². Georgetown is located at 31.7585°N, 92.3803°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Georgetown is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 70560, 71432.

Georgetown holds its place on a flat, expansive stretch of southern earth where the horizon seems to pull the sky down toward the low-lying fields. It lies 1.2 miles west-northwest of New Iberia, LA (from New Iberia, LA: bearing 282°T), and is situated 8.1 miles south of St. Martinville. The air here carries a heavy, humid stillness that clings to the skin, pressing against the rows of sugarcane and the scattered woodlands that define the perimeter of Georgetown. To the north and west, the landscape is punctuated by the slow, dark movement of Bayou Teche, its waters winding through the silt-rich soil like a dormant pulse. A few miles away, the quiet basin of Lake Peigneur sits in the distance, its presence felt in the sudden, cool shifts in the evening breeze that roll across the plains toward the porch lights and the low, flat rooftops of the houses.

History in this region is marked by the deliberate pace of agricultural cycles and the persistence of the families who first broke this ground. The economy remains anchored to the rhythms of the land, where the cultivation of rice and the harvesting of cane dictate the seasonal pulse of life. Residents often gather at West End Park to escape the midday heat, finding a rare patch of shade beneath the sprawling canopy of native trees. There is a distinct, unhurried gravity to the daily routine, a quality of life shaped by the damp, fertile earth and the long shadows that stretch across the fields as the sun dips low, leaving the landscape in a deep, velvet gray.

About This Georgetown Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Georgetown, Louisiana. Coordinates: 31.758547, -92.380277. 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 Georgetown includes the ZIP code (70560, 71432), telephone area code (985, 318), county seat of Iberia 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.