Jamestown Louisiana Map

About Jamestown, Louisiana

Jamestown is a locality in Bienville Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 100. The population density is 22.1 people per km². Jamestown is located at 32.3440°N, 93.2118°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Jamestown is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 71045.

Jamestown emerges from the dense, pine-shadowed landscape of northern Louisiana, a place where the horizon is defined by the steady, unyielding presence of timbered ridges and the humid breath of the inland woods. It lies 19.3 miles south-southeast of Minden, LA (from Minden, LA: bearing 167°T), and is situated 33.8 miles east-southeast of Shreveport. The earth here is a deep, iron-rich clay that clings to the boots of those who traverse it, while the air remains heavy with the scent of damp loam and the slow, persistent growth of the forest. Only a mile away, the quiet, meandering waters of Fourmile Bayou carve through the undergrowth, its banks thick with the tangled roots of hardwoods and the occasional flash of a wading bird in the stillness. Further out, the landscape holds the expansive, low-lying wetlands of Black Lake Bayou, a protected expanse of terrain that anchors the region in a primitive, swamp-fed silence, while the distant, hazy silhouette of Driskill Mountain serves as the only break in an otherwise level, verdant expanse of pine barrens.

Economic life in Jamestown has long been tethered to the rhythmic cycles of the land, shaped by the extraction of timber and the quiet persistence of agricultural labor that has defined the region for generations. The legacy of the area is found in the weathered wood of its older structures and the way the light catches the dust on rural roads, reflecting a history of resilience built far from the frantic pace of the larger world. Residents look toward Kepler Creek Lake for a reprieve from the heat, finding a stillness in its waters that mirrors the town’s own measured tempo. Life in Jamestown is defined by a deep, quiet familiarity, where the passage of time is marked not by grand events, but by the slow turning of the seasons and the enduring, grounded character of a people who have learned to live in harmony with the dense, sprawling woods surrounding them.

About This Jamestown Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Jamestown, Louisiana. Coordinates: 32.344045, -93.211834. 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 Jamestown includes the ZIP code (71045), telephone area code (318), county seat of Bienville Parish, and school district assignment (Bienville 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.