Lewisburg Louisiana Map

About Lewisburg, Louisiana

Lewisburg is a locality in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 420. The population density is 322.4 people per km². Lewisburg is located at 30.3676°N, 90.1020°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 70525, 70448.

Lewisburg occupies a flat, expansive stretch of alluvial land where the horizon feels wide enough to swallow the sun whole. It lies 7.8 miles southwest of Opelousas, LA (from Opelousas, LA: bearing 222°T), and is situated 4.2 miles northeast of Church Point. The air here holds a heavy, humid weight, carrying the scent of damp earth and the subtle, metallic tang of Bayou Wikoff as it winds through the low-lying fields. Massive, ancient oaks stand as silent sentinels over the property lines, their branches draped in gray moss that stirs only when the afternoon heat finally breaks. To the north, the landscape flattens into vast, productive plains where the quality of light at dusk turns the dusty roads a deep, bruised purple, lending a temporary, otherworldly glow to the fence posts and the gravel.

Lewisburg maintains a quiet persistence, its economy tethered firmly to the cyclical rhythms of the local harvest and the persistent labor of the fields. The culture is a layered inheritance, shaped by generations who have worked this soil and navigated the slow, deliberate pace of the interior plains. On weekends, the activity shifts toward the communal spaces, such as Town Park, where the shade offers a brief reprieve from the relentless intensity of the sun. Those seeking a wider view of the region might look toward the distant, shimmering expanse of Lake la Pointe, yet the people of Lewisburg remain focused on the immediate, tangible reality of their own acres, where the history is written not in monuments, but in the enduring, calloused hands of those who tend the land.

About This Lewisburg Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lewisburg, Louisiana. Coordinates: 30.367567, -90.102032. 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 Lewisburg includes the ZIP code (70525, 70448), telephone area code (985), county seat of St. Landry Parish, and school district assignment (St. Tammany 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.