Lutcher Louisiana Map
Lutcher, Louisiana — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live National Weather Service conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Lutcher, St. James Parish.
Interactive Map of Lutcher, Louisiana
| City | Lutcher |
| State | Louisiana (LA) |
| County | St. James Parish |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 30.04048 |
| Longitude | -90.69898 |
| Population | 2,991 |
| Density | 349.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
About Lutcher, Louisiana
Lutcher is a locality in St. James Parish, Louisiana, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,991. The population density is 349.5 people per km². Lutcher is located at 30.0405°N, 90.6990°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 70071.
Lutcher unfolds along the western bank of the Mississippi River, a place where the air hangs thick and languid, carrying the scent of damp earth and the distant hum of industry. It lies 13.2 miles west of Laplace, LA (from Laplace, LA: bearing 262°T), and is situated 8.9 miles west of Reserve. Cypress knees, like gnarled knuckles, break the muddy surface of the bayous that fringe the community, their skeletal branches reaching towards a sky often softened by a pearlescent haze. The land itself is a flat, fertile expanse, broken by the occasional glint of sunlight on a slow-moving waterway, the very ground breathing the humid, verdant exhalation of south Louisiana. Live oaks, draped in veils of Spanish moss, stand sentinel over scattered homes and the orderly rows of sugarcane that stretch towards the horizon, their broad leaves rustling in the perpetual, gentle breeze. This stretch of the river has long been a conduit for commerce and cultivation, and Lutcher, named for a prominent railroad industrialist, carries echoes of that past. Its economy, once deeply intertwined with the sugar plantations that defined the region, now finds its pulse in the processing plants and refineries that dot the riverfront, their towering structures a modern counterpoint to the ancient, slow-moving river. The legacy of sugarcane remains, however, in the vast fields that still carpet the surrounding landscape, their emerald expanse turning to gold under the late summer sun. Lutcher remembers its roots, the quiet perseverance of generations etched into the very character of the place, a character defined by the enduring power of the river and the tenacious spirit of its people.
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About This Lutcher Map Page
This page provides an interactive Google map of Lutcher, Louisiana with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Lutcher and St. James Parish. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Lutcher is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Lutcher is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |
