Lebeau Louisiana Map

About Lebeau, Louisiana

Lebeau is a locality in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 126. The population density is 21.0 people per km². Lebeau is located at 30.7313°N, 91.9771°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 71345, 70589.

Lebeau marks a quiet convergence of flat, fertile earth where the moisture of the lowlands clings to the heavy, humid air. It lies 15.0 miles north-northeast of Opelousas, LA (from Opelousas, LA: bearing 24°T), and is situated 17.7 miles east of Ville Platte. Fish Bayou carves a slow, deliberate path through the landscape, its dark water moving with a lethargy that defines the rhythm of the surrounding plains. The horizon stretches out in an expanse of agricultural fields, broken only by the occasional stand of cypress or the distant, hazy outline of the West Atchafalaya Floodway, which lies seven miles away to the west. At dusk, the light here turns a bruised, honeyed gold, catching the dust kicked up from field roads and lending a temporary, ethereal weight to the flat expanse of the prairie.

Lebeau holds a quiet history tied deeply to the cycles of the soil, where the economy has long been anchored by the cultivation of rice and sugarcane. The local character is shaped by a layered inheritance, reflecting the persistence of families who have worked this land since its earliest settlement. While the bustle of larger centers remains a distant abstraction, life here turns on the seasonal demands of the harvest and the maintenance of the irrigation networks that sustain the fields. The Acadiana Conservation Corridor, located seven miles from the center, offers a sanctuary of protected habitat, reminding residents of the wilder, uncultivated state of the region. Even the memory of Negro Lake, seventeen miles to the north, persists as a landmark in the minds of those who navigate these inland reaches, grounding the identity of Lebeau in the specific, quiet geography of the interior.

About This Lebeau Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lebeau, Louisiana. Coordinates: 30.731305, -91.97706. 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 Lebeau includes the ZIP code (71345, 70589), telephone area code (318, 985), county seat of St. Landry Parish, and school district assignment (St. Landry 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.