Lacassine Louisiana Map

About Lacassine, Louisiana

Lacassine is a locality in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 490. The population density is 108.1 people per km². Lacassine is located at 30.2355°N, 92.9215°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 70650.

Lacassine emerges from the flat, alluvial expanse of the prairie, defined by the persistent, slow-moving presence of the West Bayou Lacassine as it carves a path through the heavy, dark soil. It lies 16.7 miles east-southeast of Moss Bluff, LA (from Moss Bluff, LA: bearing 106°T), and is situated 5.9 miles west of Welsh. The horizon here is vast and unobstructed, marked only by the shifting geometry of the sky and the distant, subtle rise of Onion Hill that anchors the northern perspective. Sunlight lingers upon the level fields, turning the humid air into a thick, golden veil that softens the edges of the horizon and illuminates the deep green of the vegetation. During the quiet hours of dusk, the landscape settles into a profound stillness, where the only movement is the gentle sway of grasses under a heavy, moisture-laden breeze that carries the scent of damp earth and ripening crops.

Lacassine remains rooted in a long tradition of agricultural labor, where the cultivation of rice and sugarcane dictates the seasonal rhythm of the people who work the land. This enduring connection to the soil is echoed in the nearby spaces of Iowa City Park, which provides a modest, green reprieve from the industrial scale of the surrounding fields. While the influence of larger centers pulls at the edges of the local economy, the daily life here continues to turn on the cultivation and harvest cycles that have sustained the region for generations. The legacy of the area is not found in grand monuments, but in the deliberate, steady pace of the work performed under the Louisiana sun, where the labor of the day eventually yields to the long, indigo shadows that stretch across the plains.

About This Lacassine Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lacassine, Louisiana. Coordinates: 30.235485, -92.921537. 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 Lacassine includes the ZIP code (70650), telephone area code (985), county seat of Jefferson Davis Parish, and school district assignment (Jefferson Davis 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.