Gilliam Louisiana Map

About Gilliam, Louisiana

Gilliam is a locality in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 123. The population density is 20.1 people per km². Gilliam is located at 32.8271°N, 93.8452°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Gilliam is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 71029.

Gilliam occupies a flat expanse of northern Caddo Parish where the horizon stretches thin and taut against a wide, unyielding sky. It lies 21.6 miles north-northwest of Shreveport, LA (from Shreveport, LA: bearing 345°T), and is situated 8.8 miles east-southeast of Vivian. The landscape here is defined by the heavy, fertile silt of the Red River Valley, a terrain that demands constant attention from those who work its soil. Moisture hangs in the air, gathering in the low-lying basins like Old Bed Simpson Lake and the quiet, shadowed reaches of Black Bayou just two miles away. When the afternoon light slants low, it turns the fields a bruised, deep gold, illuminating the dust that kicks up from the gravel roads and settles upon the leaves of the wild, tangled brush. Five miles to the east, the silhouette of Mount Gilead rises as a modest, stubborn interruption to the otherwise level plains, a silent sentinel watching over the slow, rhythmic cycle of planting and harvest.

Gilliam remains tethered to the patterns of agriculture that have dictated its pace for generations, with the expansive, checkerboard fields of cotton and soybeans forming the primary engine of the local economy. The history of the place is etched in the rusted equipment left at the edges of fallow fields and the weathered architecture of buildings that have survived the humid, creeping rot of the seasons. Residents move through their days with a quiet, deliberate focus, often finding solace in the stillness of the nearby woods or the solitude found near the fringes of Dutch Johns Lake. While the modern world hums along the distant interstate, life in Gilliam retains an older, more patient quality, shaped by the proximity to the natural cycles of growth and decay found in the vicinity of Unknown Park. It is a place where the social fabric is thin but durable, held together by the shared knowledge of the land and the endurance required to inhabit it.

About This Gilliam Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Gilliam, Louisiana. Coordinates: 32.827085, -93.845179. 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 Gilliam includes the ZIP code (71029), telephone area code (318), county seat of Caddo Parish, and school district assignment (Caddo 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.