Napoleonville Louisiana Map

About Napoleonville, Louisiana

Napoleonville is a locality in Assumption Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 511. The population density is 949.6 people per km². Napoleonville is located at 29.9405°N, 91.0248°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 70390.

Napoleonville rests under a sky that often bleeds from a pale, watery blue into a thick, humid haze by afternoon. It lies 25.2 miles south of Prairieville, LA (from Prairieville, LA: bearing 187°T), and is situated 8.2 miles north-north-west of Labadieville. The land hereabouts is a study in the patient, insistent work of water, a flat expanse of rich, dark earth crisscrossed by bayous and canals, their surfaces mirroring the languid sway of cypress trees draped in Spanish moss. The air itself carries a certain weight, thick with the scent of fertile soil and the distant, metallic tang of refineries, a constant reminder of the industrial pulse that beats beneath the sleepy facade of this Louisiana settlement. Houses, often weathered and painted in hues of faded white and pale blue, stand on stilts, their porches wide enough to catch the faintest whisper of a breeze, and the sheer, unyielding flatness of the terrain lends a peculiar grandeur to the slow, deliberate passage of clouds overhead. The history of Napoleonville is inextricably bound to the sugar cane that has long been its lifeblood, a crop that shaped its fortunes and its very character. For generations, the economy here revolved around the grinding season, a time of intense labor and communal effort that still echoes in the bones of the place, even as the landscape is now also punctuated by the imposing structures of petrochemical plants. The legacy of plantation life, with its complex social strata and enduring traditions, is a palpable undercurrent, a story whispered in the architecture of old homes and in the enduring rhythms of local life. While the grand sugar barons are long gone, their influence persists, a quiet testament to a bygone era that continues to inform the present, shaping the very way people move and interact in Napoleonville.

About This Napoleonville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Napoleonville, Louisiana — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 29.94048, -91.024821. 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 Napoleonville and Assumption Parish.

Detailed location data for Napoleonville includes the ZIP code (70390), telephone area code (985), county seat of Assumption Parish, and school district assignment (Assumption Parish School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Napoleonville is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.