Gillis Louisiana Map

About Gillis, Louisiana

Gillis is a locality in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 800. The population density is 185.2 people per km². Gillis is located at 30.3738°N, 93.2010°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 70611.

Gillis exists where the flat, moisture-heavy earth of the coastal plain meets the slow, dark transit of Little Indian Bayou. It lies 5.0 miles north of Moss Bluff, LA (from Moss Bluff, LA: bearing 353°T), and is situated 9.6 miles north-northeast of Westlake. The landscape here favors the patient observer, defined by a horizon that stretches wide and low under a sky that often feels heavy with the coming rain. To the south, the salt-tinged air hints at the proximity of Burnett Bay, while the land itself remains a patchwork of dense thickets and clearings that catch the amber light of late afternoon. Further inland, the terrain subtly shifts toward the horizon where The Glade marks a change in the elevation, providing a quiet contrast to the marshy lowlands that define the immediate perimeter of the locality.

Gillis carries the quiet weight of a place shaped by the rhythms of the land, where the local economy has long been tethered to the harvest of the soil and the movement of water. History here is marked by the persistence of those who worked these fields when the only neighbors were the cypress shadows and the currents of the nearby bayou. On days when the heat hangs heavy, the pace of life slows to a crawl, mirroring the stillness of Lake Charles just ten miles away. Residents often gather toward the Community Center & Playground, a space that serves as the quiet anchor for the neighborhood, while the distant, verdant shape of Bear Island remains a persistent, silent landmark on the periphery of the local consciousness.

About This Gillis Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Gillis, Louisiana. Coordinates: 30.373814, -93.200989. 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 Gillis includes the ZIP code (70611), telephone area code (985), county seat of Calcasieu Parish, and school district assignment (Calcasieu 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.