Moonshine Louisiana Map

About Moonshine, Louisiana

Moonshine is a locality in St. James Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 168. The population density is 178.2 people per km². Moonshine is located at 29.9701°N, 90.8132°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 70086.

Moonshine occupies a low, humid reach of the alluvial plain where the heavy air seems to thicken with the scent of damp earth and ripening sugarcane. It lies 12.1 miles north of Thibodaux, LA (from Thibodaux, LA: bearing 3°T), and is situated 6.1 miles north of Chackbay. The Mississippi River pulls its vast, silt-laden weight just a mile to the east, carving a slow, deliberate path through the landscape that defines the very character of the soil. To the west, the subtle depressions of the Belmont Crevasse mark the ground, while the distant, flat expanse of the Division Of State Lands serves as a quiet refuge for the herons that drift over the fields. Light here does not merely fall; it clings to the cypress knees and the broad, dusty leaves of the crops, turning the late afternoon into a bruised violet that settles deep into the surrounding woodland.

Moonshine persists as a place where the economy remains tethered to the rhythmic cycles of the harvest, an inheritance of labor that has long defined the families rooted in these parishes. The legacy of the land is measured in the persistence of the fields and the slow, deliberate pace of those who work them, far removed from the frantic pulse of larger centers. Though Lac des Allemands lies eleven miles to the south, its presence is felt in the moisture that lingers in the morning fog, a constant reminder of the watery geography that dictates the temperament of the region. Life in Moonshine moves with the gravity of the river, an unforced existence where the history of the soil is spoken in the quiet industry of the present day.

About This Moonshine Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Moonshine, Louisiana. Coordinates: 29.9701, -90.8132. 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 Moonshine includes the ZIP code (70086), telephone area code (504), county seat of St. James Parish, and school district assignment (St. James 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.