Jeanerette Louisiana Map

About Jeanerette, Louisiana

Jeanerette is a locality in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,813. The population density is 805.2 people per km². Jeanerette is located at 29.9152°N, 91.6763°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Jeanerette is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 70544.

Jeanerette unfolds along the banks of the Bayou Teche, where the slow, tea-colored water reflects the heavy, humid air of the low-lying plains. It lies 11.3 miles southeast of New Iberia, LA (from New Iberia, LA: bearing 124°T), and is situated 12.5 miles northwest of Franklin. The land stretches flat and fertile toward the southern horizon, a landscape defined by the rhythmic sway of sugarcane stalks that blanket the surrounding fields like a verdant sea. Though the Gulf of Mexico waits only eleven miles away, the atmosphere here holds the stillness of an inland basin, occasionally stirred by a breeze carrying the faint, saline memory of the distant salt marshes. Near the quiet center of the grid, the King Joseph Recreation Center serves as a vital point of gathering, while the proximity of Lake Fausse Pointe, just three miles to the north, draws the morning mist into the moss-draped branches of ancient cypress trees.

Jeanerette carries the weight of a long agricultural legacy, its identity inextricably tied to the grinding of cane and the cycles of the harvest that have sustained the region for generations. History lingers in the architecture of the older houses and the persistent, unhurried pace of the streets, where the influence of French and Spanish roots survives in the cadence of local speech. Beyond the fields, the influence of the nearby water bodies shapes the daily movement of life, reminding those who pass through that they occupy a space caught between the river’s path and the tide’s reach. While Fishers Island remains a distant silhouette to the south, the singular character of Jeanerette persists in the resilience of its people and the quiet, enduring grace of a landscape that thrives in the heavy heat of a southern summer.

About This Jeanerette Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Jeanerette, Louisiana. Coordinates: 29.915237, -91.676308. 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 Jeanerette includes the ZIP code (70544), telephone area code (985), county seat of Iberia Parish, and school district assignment (Iberia 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.