Greenwood Louisiana Map

About Greenwood, Louisiana

Greenwood is a locality in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,166. The population density is 135.9 people per km². Greenwood is located at 32.4315°N, 93.9599°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Greenwood is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 70380, 70811, 70356.

Greenwood occupies a low-lying expanse where the persistent, heavy current of the Mississippi River carves a path through the soft, alluvial soil. It lies 5.3 miles south-southwest of Belle Chasse, LA (from Belle Chasse, LA: bearing 195°T), and is situated 9.7 miles south-southeast of Marrero. The land here remains saturated, a flat and humid realm where the air hangs thick with moisture, drifting in from the nearby coast only seven miles away. To the south, the landscape yields to the expansive, brackish reach of Big Mar, while the verdant, tangled corridors of the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Barataria Preserve, provide a sanctuary of cypress and swamp just three miles from the center of activity. At dusk, the light loses its sharp edge, turning the horizon a bruised violet as the humidity settles over the reeds and the dark, slow-moving water.

Greenwood bears the mark of a region shaped by the interplay of river commerce and the shifting tides of the delta. The local economy relies on the stubborn productivity of the soil and the proximity to the water, where the legacy of agricultural traditions persists in the quiet, methodical labor of the day. A few miles further out, the geography is defined by the remnants of the Caernarvon Crevasse and the distant presence of Isle Bonne, features that remind inhabitants of the fragile, water-bound nature of their existence. Life in Greenwood moves with the deliberate pace of the river, defined by a culture that values the endurance of its people and the quiet observation of a land that remains in constant, subtle flux.

About This Greenwood Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Greenwood, Louisiana. Coordinates: 32.43147, -93.959889. 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 Greenwood includes the ZIP code (70380, 70811, 70356), telephone area code (985, 318), county seat of Plaquemines 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.