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Minorca Louisiana Map

Explore Minorca, 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.

Interactive Map of Minorca, Louisiana

How to Use This Minorca, Louisiana Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Minorca, 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 Minorca.

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.

CityMinorca
StateLouisiana (LA)
CountyConcordia Parish
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude31.572989
Longitude-91.490688
Population2,156
Density186.4 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code71373
Area Code318
School DistrictConcordia Parish School District

About Minorca, Louisiana

Minorca is a locality in Concordia Parish, Louisiana, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,156. The population density is 186.4 people per km². Minorca is located at 31.5730°N, 91.4907°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 71373.

Minorca exists as a quiet accumulation of earth and memory, defined by the heavy, humid air that settles over the flat, alluvial plains of the interior. It lies 4.8 miles west-northwest of Natchez, MS (from Natchez, MS: bearing 286°T), and is situated 3.4 miles west-northwest of Vidalia. The landscape around Minorca is defined by the persistent presence of the Mississippi River, which exerts a silent, gravitational pull on the horizon, its muddy veins feeding the dark, dense thickets that define the local terrain. Three miles to the north, the waters of Blue Hole remain perpetually still, reflecting the expansive, bruised-purple sky of late afternoon. At the center of the local geography, Concordia Recreation Park provides a tether for the shifting soil, its verdant expanse serving as a rare, manicured interruption to the wild, tangled growth of cypress and willow that dominates the surrounding wetlands.

History in Minorca is measured not in decades, but in the slow, rhythmic labor of the land, where the economy remains stubbornly anchored to the cultivation of sugarcane and the seasonal pulse of the harvest. The local character is a layered inheritance, forged in the humid shade of oak trees and the quiet dignity of a people who understand that time in this region does not march, but rather pools and eddies like the sediment-heavy currents nearby. Life in Minorca moves at the pace of the afternoon sun, which turns the dust of the fields into a fine, golden powder, illuminating the weathered structures that have stood against the damp heat for generations. It is a place where the social fabric is held together by the unspoken understanding that the earth, though demanding, provides a singular, grounded sense of belonging that is as deep and dark as the soil itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Concordia Recreation Park (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 075° E
  • Unknown Park (Local Park) — 3.1 mi, 315° NW
  • Bayou Cocodrie National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 3.8 mi, 244° SW · 30k acres
  • Vidalia Riverfront Ampitheatre (Theatre) — 4.2 mi, 098° E
  • St. Catherine Creek National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 4.5 mi, 171° S · 49k acres
  • Fort Rosalie (Attraction) — 4.9 mi, 103° E
  • Martin Performing Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 5.5 mi, 106° E
  • Ken Beesley, Sr. Field (Stadium) — 5.8 mi, 099° E
  • Duncan Park (Local Recreation) — 6.1 mi, 108° E
  • Forks of the Road (Monument) — 6.4 mi, 101° E
  • Melrose (Attraction) — 6.5 mi, 107° E
  • Bayou Cocodrie (State Conservation Area) — 6.9 mi, 233° SW
  • Liberty Ball Park (Local Recreation) — 7.2 mi, 104° E
  • Grand Village of the Natchez (Historic Ruins) — 7.4 mi, 117° SE
  • Division Of State Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 9.9 mi, 257° W
  • Elizabeth Female Academy (Attraction) — 11.6 mi, 089° E
  • Emerald Mound (Historic Ruins) — 15.0 mi, 073° E
  • Natchez State Park (State Park) — 15.0 mi, 081° E
  • Red River Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 17.0 mi, 202° S
  • Homochitto National Forest (National Forest) — 18.0 mi, 116° SE · 192k acres
  • Irwin Russell Memorial Museum (Museum) — 39.9 mi, 048° NE
  • Sunken Trace (Attraction) — 41.7 mi, 049° NE
  • Paragon Cinema (Cinema) — 46.6 mi, 226° SW
  • Kisatchie National Forest (National Forest) — 47.8 mi, 264° W · 607k acres
  • Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge (Nature Reserve) — 51.9 mi, 007° N
  • Louisiana History Museum (Museum) — 59.1 mi, 252° W
  • Grant's Canal (Monument) — 61.2 mi, 032° NE
  • South Fort (Historic Castle / Fort) — 62.0 mi, 034° NE
  • Mississippi River Overlook (Viewpoint) — 62.2 mi, 034° NE
  • Virginia Memorial (Monument) — 62.6 mi, 034° NE

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About This Minorca Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Minorca, Louisiana. Coordinates: 31.572989, -91.490688. 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 Minorca includes the ZIP code (71373), telephone area code (318), county seat of Concordia Parish, and school district assignment (Concordia 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.