Grand Point Louisiana Map

About Grand Point, Louisiana

Grand Point is a locality in St. James Parish, Louisiana, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,341. The population density is 233.8 people per km². Grand Point is located at 30.0613°N, 90.7534°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 70763.

Grand Point unfolds along the languid curves of a Louisiana waterway, where the air hangs thick with the scent of damp earth and unseen blossoms. It lies 16.3 miles west of Laplace, LA (from Laplace, LA: bearing 269°T), and is situated 3.6 miles west-north-west of Lutcher. Cypress trees, ancient sentinels draped in Spanish moss, stand stoic at the water's edge, their gnarled roots grasping the silty banks. The landscape here is a patient, breathing thing, a low-lying realm where the sky feels vast and the land yields softly to the insistent caress of the river. Sunlight, when it breaks through the humid haze, paints the water in shifting mosaics of gold and emerald, a fleeting beauty that mirrors the ephemeral nature of the mist that often shrouds the bayous at dawn. The history of Grand Point is inextricably tied to the fertile alluvial plains it occupies, a place where sugarcane once dominated the horizon and the echoes of generations of hardworking families still linger. Its economy, once driven by the sugar plantations and the river traffic that carried their bounty, has found new currents, with a resilient spirit that embraces both tradition and innovation. While no grand monuments mark its passage, a quiet dignity pervades Grand Point, a sense of enduring connection to the land and the water that have shaped its destiny. This is a place where time seems to flow with a gentler, more deliberate cadence, marked by the slow drift of barges and the hushed conversations of neighbors under the shade of ancient oaks.

About This Grand Point Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Grand Point, Louisiana — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 30.061312, -90.753426. 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 Grand Point and St. James Parish.

Detailed location data for Grand Point includes the ZIP code (70763), telephone area code (985), county seat of St. James Parish, and school district assignment (St. James Parish School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Grand Point is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.