Killian Louisiana Map

About Killian, Louisiana

Killian is a locality in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,177. The population density is 41.8 people per km². Killian is located at 30.3588°N, 90.5862°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Killian is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 70462.

Killian exists where the heavy, humid air of the southern interior settles against the banks of the Tickfaw River, a slow-moving artery that defines the local topography. It lies 12.5 miles southwest of Hammond, LA (from Hammond, LA: bearing 217°T), and is situated 10.2 miles west-southwest of Ponchatoula. This landscape is defined by a low-lying, damp intensity, where the forest canopy thickens into dense woodland and the horizon is punctuated only by the rise of Rose Mound. The light here often takes on a bruised, copper quality during the transition into evening, catching the stagnant moisture in the timber and casting long, indistinct shadows across the damp earth. Four miles away, the expanse of Lake Maurepas acts as a silent reservoir for the region, influencing the humidity that clings to the skin and dictates the pace of life among the cypress stands.

Killian remains a place where the economic pulse is tied to the stubborn, fertile soil and the proximity to the surrounding wetlands. The proximity to Tickfaw State Park draws those who seek to navigate the quiet, labyrinthine waterways and the isolated, marshy reaches near Brier Patch Island. History here is not marked by grand monuments but by the persistence of families who have worked the inland tracts for generations, navigating the rise and fall of the regional economy with a quiet, pragmatic endurance. Life in Killian moves with the deliberate, unhurried cadence of a pendulum, where the primary concerns remain the cycle of the seasons and the maintenance of the narrow roads that wind through the timber, connecting the disparate homesteads to the wider world beyond the trees.

About This Killian Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Killian, Louisiana. Coordinates: 30.358805, -90.586202. 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 Killian includes the ZIP code (70462), telephone area code (985), county seat of Livingston Parish, and school district assignment (Livingston 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.