Montpelier Louisiana Map

About Montpelier, Louisiana

Montpelier is a locality in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 196. The population density is 40.5 people per km². Montpelier is located at 30.6810°N, 90.6490°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Montpelier is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 70422.

Montpelier unfolds across a landscape of quiet, low-lying woodlands where the humid air hangs heavy and still, pressing against the broad leaves of hardwood trees. It lies 16.5 miles northwest of Hammond, LA (from Hammond, LA: bearing 318°T), and is situated 8.8 miles west-southwest of Amite City. The Tickfaw River carves a dark, serpentine path through the terrain, its slow-moving current serving as the primary artery for the surrounding wilderness. Here, the earth is defined by the dense, tangled undergrowth of the Tickfaw River SCA, where the canopy thickens and light filters down in splintered, moss-colored shards. Beyond the immediate shade of the riverbanks, the ground levels out into wide, flat stretches of soil that retain the moisture of the region, creating a humid, sheltered environment that feels detached from the rush of the modern world.

Montpelier retains a character shaped by the steady, labor-intensive rhythms of rural life, where the local economy has long leaned upon the yield of the timber and the cultivation of the surrounding acreage. History here is marked by the deliberate pace of those who work the land, a legacy preserved in the modest structures that dot the roadsides and the persistent silence of the fields at midday. While the distant silhouette of Rose Mound looms twenty-one miles away as a faint indentation against the sky, the true focus remains on the immediate, tangible reality of the soil and the persistent, quiet growth of the forest. Life in Montpelier moves with a gravity of its own, dictated by the turning of the seasons and the simple, cyclical demands of a landscape that asks for patience rather than speed.

About This Montpelier Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Montpelier, Louisiana. Coordinates: 30.681019, -90.648984. 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 Montpelier includes the ZIP code (70422), telephone area code (985), county seat of St. Helena Parish, and school district assignment (St. Helena 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.