Greenwood Louisiana Map

About Greenwood, Louisiana

Greenwood is a locality in Terrebonne 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 emerges from the flat, humid lowlands where the dark, sluggish pulse of Bayou Black carves a winding path through the silt and dense vegetation. It lies 9.2 miles west of Bayou Cane, LA (from Bayou Cane, LA: bearing 268°T), and is situated 8.8 miles southwest of Gray. The landscape remains defined by the heavy, moisture-laden air that clings to the skin, while the nearby surface of Lake Hackberry reflects the shifting violet hues of a dying sun. Only four miles of low-lying terrain separate the edge of Greenwood from the salt-tinged reach of the Copasaw Canal, where the brackish scent of the coast drifts inland on the prevailing breeze. Beyond the immediate reach of the water, the horizon pulls toward the distant, subtle depression of Hatch Point, grounding the view in a quiet, expansive terrestrial rhythm that favors the slow growth of cypress and the persistence of the marsh.

Greenwood carries the weight of a long agricultural legacy, where the economy has shifted from the labor of the fields to the steady, industrial hum of those who work the waterways and the nearby coastal trade. The local character remains inseparable from the proximity of the Mandalay National Wildlife Refuge, a sanctuary that keeps the encroaching modern world at a distance and preserves the wild, tangled spirit of the wetlands. Life here moves with the deliberation of a current, shaped by the interplay of deep-rooted traditions and the constant, quiet demand of the environment. In the evenings, the silence is rarely absolute, punctuated instead by the rhythmic calls of the marsh and the distant, metallic chime of equipment echoing from the canal, marking the passage of hours in a place where time feels as fluid as the water itself.

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 Terrebonne 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.