Explore Killian, 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 Killian, 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 Killian.
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 | Killian |
| State | Louisiana (LA) |
| County | Livingston Parish |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 30.358805 |
| Longitude | -90.586202 |
| Population | 1,177 |
| Density | 41.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 70462 |
| Area Code | 985 |
| School District | Livingston Parish School District |
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.
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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).
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. |