Grosse Tete Louisiana Map

About Grosse Tete, Louisiana

Grosse Tete is a locality in Iberville Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 548. The population density is 144.2 people per km². Grosse Tete is located at 30.4110°N, 91.4337°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Grosse Tete is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 70740.

Grosse Tete emerges from the flat, humid expanse of the Louisiana alluvial plain where the heavy air clings to the skin like a damp linen cloth. It lies 16.9 miles west of Baton Rouge, LA (from Baton Rouge, LA: bearing 261°T), and is situated 8.4 miles south of Erwinville. Bayou Grosse Tete carves a slow, serpentine path through the landscape, its dark water reflecting the overarching canopy of moss-draped cypress that stand as silent sentinels along the banks. At the center of the local geography, Grosse Tete Park offers a patch of maintained green space where the afternoon light filters through the leaves in broken, amber shards. Beyond the immediate reach of the water, the horizon stretches out in an unbroken line, defined by the low-slung geometry of the surrounding fields and the persistent, drowsy drone of insects that marks the passage of the hours.

Sugarcane remains the primary pulse of the local economy, with vast, verdant rows dominating the soil and dictating the seasonal rhythm of harvest and regrowth. History here is written in the labor of the earth, as generations have navigated the challenges of the fertile, shifting ground to sustain a life tied to the cycle of the crops. While the stillness of the afternoon might suggest isolation, Grosse Tete maintains a quiet, enduring presence inland, removed from the frantic pace of larger hubs. Life here moves in accordance with the slow heat, where the weight of the past and the demands of the current harvest exist in a measured, steady balance.

About This Grosse Tete Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Grosse Tete, Louisiana. Coordinates: 30.411028, -91.433721. 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 Grosse Tete includes the ZIP code (70740), telephone area code (985), county seat of Iberville Parish, and school district assignment (Iberville 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.