Georgetown Louisiana Map

About Georgetown, Louisiana

Georgetown is a locality in Grant 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 emerges from the dense, pine-shadowed landscape of central Louisiana where the humid air hangs heavy and still, pressing against the loblolly pines that define the horizon. It lies 30.4 miles north of Pineville, LA (from Pineville, LA: bearing 6°T), and is situated 15.7 miles west-northwest of Jena. The terrain here is shaped by a quiet, persistent earthiness, characterized by subtle elevations like Mountain Hill, which rises six miles away to provide a modest vantage point over the surrounding timberland. Two miles from the center, the modest waters of Kees Branch carve a path through the red-clay soil, feeding the verdant growth of the nearby Kisatchie National Forest. The light at dusk here possesses a particular, syrupy quality, filtering through the needles of the pines to cast long, copper-colored shadows that seem to stretch time itself, holding the day in a state of suspended amber.

Georgetown retains the quiet character of a settlement rooted in the timber industry, where the legacy of the forest has dictated the rhythm of labor and life for generations. While the economic pulse of the region remains tethered to the harvest of wood and the management of land, the proximity to the vast expanse of the Kisatchie National Forest offers a reprieve of protected wilderness, preserving a sense of isolation from the frenetic pace of modern commerce. Residents often look toward Lake Iatt, sixteen miles to the north, as a focal point for the quiet weekend rituals that define the local social fabric. Life in Georgetown moves with the deliberate, unforced cadence of a place where the seasons are marked more by the encroaching heat and the changing hue of the forest floor than by the ticking of a clock, maintaining a sturdy, independent spirit that remains largely indifferent to the outside world.

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 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.