Kilbourne Louisiana Map

About Kilbourne, Louisiana

Kilbourne is a locality in West Carroll Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 351. The population density is 97.8 people per km². Kilbourne is located at 32.9996°N, 91.3151°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Kilbourne is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 71253, 71263.

Kilbourne anchors itself to the flat, fertile expanse of the northern Louisiana delta, where the earth holds the dark, heavy promise of a long growing season. It lies 57.7 miles northeast of Monroe, LA (from Monroe, LA: bearing 54°T), and is situated 15.9 miles north-northwest of Lake Providence. Tiger Bayou carves a slow, serpentine path through the landscape, its tea-colored waters reflecting the broad, vaulted sky and the shifting patterns of clouds that drift over the fields. Five miles to the west, the quiet surface of Gassoway Lake sits in stillness, a mirror for the towering pines and hardwoods that define the horizon. The air here carries a humid weight, thick with the scent of damp soil and the subtle, metallic tang of the bayou, particularly when the afternoon sun presses down on the open plains. In the soft light of dusk, the shadows lengthen across the furrows, turning the expanse into a study of deep greens and slate grays that seem to breathe in the cooling evening air.

Kilbourne emerged from the necessity of the land, growing from the steady labor of those who turned the rich, alluvial soil into rows of cotton, corn, and soybeans. This agricultural rhythm dictates the pace of life, a cycle measured by the planting and the harvest rather than the frantic ticking of a clock. Nine miles away, the Bayou Macon Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary of dense timber and tangled undergrowth, preserving a fragment of the wilder, untamed world that once dominated this region. The economy remains tethered to the bounty of the fields, and the people who call Kilbourne their own share a resilience forged by the unpredictability of the weather and the quiet demands of the earth. It is a place where the history is written not in grand monuments, but in the enduring lines of the fences and the steady, persistent growth of the crops that stretch toward the sun.

About This Kilbourne Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Kilbourne, Louisiana. Coordinates: 32.999569, -91.315113. 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 Kilbourne includes the ZIP code (71253, 71263), telephone area code (318), county seat of West Carroll Parish, and school district assignment (West Carroll 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.