Explore Inniswold, Louisiana, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Inniswold, Louisiana. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Louisiana or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Inniswold.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Inniswold |
| State | Louisiana (LA) |
| County | East Baton Rouge Parish |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 30.404914 |
| Longitude | -91.083438 |
| Population | 6,357 |
| Density | 1045.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 70809 |
| Area Code | 985 |
Inniswold occupies a quiet, inland stretch of land defined by the persistent, slow-moving presence of the Clay Cut Bayou. It lies 4.9 miles west of Shenandoah, LA (from Shenandoah, LA: bearing 273°T), and is situated 5.3 miles southeast of Baton Rouge. The landscape remains largely flat and verdant, marked by the steady, humid weight of the afternoon air that settles over the fields. Beyond the immediate terrain, the silhouette of Indian Mound rises twenty-one miles away as a distant, singular point of interest on the horizon. Residents find a familiar respite at Jefferson Terrace Park, where the green space offers a brief reprieve from the surrounding development. The light here often turns a bruised, heavy gold at dusk, casting long shadows across the soil that feel as ancient as the slow shift of the earth itself.
Inniswold grew from the agricultural traditions that once defined this broad region, where the steady cultivation of the earth dictated the pulse of daily life. The local economy has shifted from early agrarian roots toward a diverse landscape of professional services and small-scale commercial enterprise. Much of the regional industry remains tethered to the industrious spirit of the nearby capital, providing a stable foundation for those who live and work within the parish. While the rhythm of labor has modernized, the underlying discipline of the early settlers remains embedded in the way the local infrastructure is organized. The soil here, rich and dense, still whispers of a time when the harvest was the singular measure of a year's success.
Cultural expression in Inniswold reflects the layered, complex heritage of a region that values both private reflection and public gathering. The community maintains a steady, deliberate pace, where the social fabric is stitched together by the shared experience of the passing seasons. Residents often seek out the peaceful, quiet waters of Gar Pond, located fourteen miles away, to escape the persistent hum of the modern workday. While the area does not claim a roster of globally famous residents, the character of the people is forged by a profound commitment to the specific, localized identity of the landscape. Life here moves with a quiet, persistent grace, acknowledging the influence of the nearby Free Negro Point Crevasse as a reminder of the geologic forces that shaped the ground upon which the houses stand.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Inniswold, Louisiana. Coordinates: 30.404914, -91.083438. 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 Inniswold includes the ZIP code (70809), telephone area code (985), county seat of East Baton Rouge Parish, and school district assignment.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |