Kraemer Louisiana Map

About Kraemer, Louisiana

Kraemer is a locality in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 877. The population density is 64.5 people per km². Kraemer is located at 29.8592°N, 90.6256°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 70301, 70371.

Kraemer unfolds as a low-slung horizon where the land surrenders to the persistent, tea-colored push of Bayou L'Ours. It lies 9.0 miles east-northeast of Thibodaux, LA (from Thibodaux, LA: bearing 57°T), and is situated 6.1 miles east of Chackbay. This waterway serves as the primary artery for the region, its rhythmic pulse dictating the slow migration of cypress knees and drift that clutter the banks. Only a short distance away, the landscape shifts toward the basin of Walker Point, where the earth feels soft and saturated, perpetually drinking from the humidity that rises off the nearby Lac des Allemands. As the sun dips, the light here turns a bruised violet, catching the silt-heavy water and casting long, flickering shadows that stretch toward the Division Of State Lands, where the wilder, unmanaged brush holds the silence of the marsh.

Kraemer carries the weight of a history carved from mud and tenacity, defined by the families who learned to harvest the bounty of the swamp and the fertile soil nearby. The local economy remains tethered to the water and the field, with the quiet industry of the bayou providing a livelihood that has shifted little in its fundamental character over the generations. Life here is measured by the tide-like influence of Baie Chevreuil, which sits close enough to remind the inhabitants of the brackish, breathing salt of the coast. Workdays are punctuated by the hum of small engines and the distant, metallic rattle of equipment, yet the air retains a heavy stillness, as if the land itself prefers the long, humid afternoon to the frantic pace of the outside world.

About This Kraemer Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Kraemer, Louisiana. Coordinates: 29.859217, -90.625597. 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 Kraemer includes the ZIP code (70301, 70371), telephone area code (985), county seat of Lafourche Parish, and school district assignment (Lafourche 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.