Harrisonburg Louisiana Map
Harrisonburg, Louisiana — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live National Weather Service conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Harrisonburg, Catahoula Parish.
Interactive Map of Harrisonburg, Louisiana
| City | Harrisonburg |
| State | Louisiana (LA) |
| County | Catahoula Parish |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 31.772111 |
| Longitude | -91.821518 |
| Population | 287 |
| Density | 126.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
About Harrisonburg, Louisiana
Harrisonburg is a locality in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 287. The population density is 126.4 people per km². Harrisonburg is located at 31.7721°N, 91.8215°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 71343.
Harrisonburg lies where the land begins to softly yield to the wide, slow embrace of the Ouachita River. It lies 48.6 miles north-east of Alexandria, LA (from Alexandria, LA: bearing 49°T), and is situated 4.3 miles north of Wallace Ridge. The air here, particularly in the humid afternoons of late summer, carries the scent of damp earth and the distant, sweet decay of fallen leaves, a perfume mingled with the fainter, sharper tang of pine needles. Fields of soybeans and cotton stretch out like rumpled green and white quilts, their edges softening into stands of cypress and tupelo that crowd the riverbanks, their gnarled roots disappearing into the dark, silty water. The sky overhead is vast, a pale blue canvas often smudged with the bruised purples and oranges of an approaching thunderstorm, and when the sun dips low, it casts long, attenuated shadows that seem to stretch the very soul of the landscape. The history of Harrisonburg is as deeply rooted as the ancient oaks that shade its quiet streets, a place that whispers of generations who have coaxed a living from these alluvial soils. Its economy has long been tied to the bounty of the land, with farming and timber shaping its character and its fortunes. The river, once a vital artery for commerce and transport, still flows, a constant presence, its gentle murmur a soundtrack to the unhurried rhythm of life. While grand pronouncements of progress may not echo here, there is a sturdy resilience in Harrisonburg, a quiet pride in its enduring connection to the water and the soil, a continuity that feels as natural and as persistent as the slow, sure rise and fall of the sun.
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About This Harrisonburg Map Page
This page provides an interactive Google map of Harrisonburg, Louisiana with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. 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 Harrisonburg and Catahoula Parish. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Harrisonburg is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Harrisonburg is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |
