Explore Maringouin, Louisiana, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Maringouin, Louisiana. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Louisiana or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Maringouin.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Maringouin |
| State | Louisiana (LA) |
| County | Iberville Parish |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 30.491305 |
| Longitude | -91.519554 |
| Population | 891 |
| Density | 466.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 70757 |
| Area Code | 985 |
| School District | Iberville Parish School District |
Maringouin occupies a flat, fertile expanse where the heavy, humid air seems to hold the scent of damp earth and coming rain. It lies 21.9 miles west of Baton Rouge, LA (from Baton Rouge, LA: bearing 277°T), and is situated 7.2 miles west-southwest of Erwinville. The Bayou Grosse Tete serves as the primary artery of the landscape, its dark, sluggish waters cutting a path through the fields of sugarcane that stretch toward the horizon in precise, emerald rows. In the quiet hours of late afternoon, the light turns a soft, bruised gold, illuminating the moss-draped cypress trees that line the banks and cast long, distorted shadows across the alluvial soil. Unknown Park provides a modest expanse of green space where the local flora thrives undisturbed, offering a silent refuge that mirrors the stillness of the surrounding flatlands.
Maringouin grew from the steady labor of those who worked the rich, deep soil, establishing an economy long anchored to the rhythms of agriculture and the seasonal harvest. The passage of time here is marked not by grand monuments, but by the persistent endurance of the land and the quiet resilience of its people. Residents often look toward False River, nine miles distant, as a point of local orientation, though the immediate life of the place remains firmly tied to the crossroads and the rail lines that once dictated the movement of goods and spirits alike. History in Maringouin is a collection of lived experiences, whispered in the local cadence of speech and reflected in the weathered facades of buildings that have witnessed generations of change without losing their fundamental character.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Maringouin, Louisiana. Coordinates: 30.491305, -91.519554. 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 Maringouin includes the ZIP code (70757), telephone area code (985), county seat of Iberville Parish, and school district assignment (Iberville Parish School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |