New Orleans Station Louisiana Map

About New Orleans Station, Louisiana

New Orleans Station is a locality in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,307. The population density is 179.3 people per km². New Orleans Station is located at 29.8314°N, 90.0211°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 70037.

New Orleans Station lies at the edge of a vast, flat expanse where the muddy arteries of the Mississippi River bleed into the brackish embrace of the Gulf. It lies 6.7 miles south-east of Marrero, LA (from Marrero, LA: bearing 135°T), and is situated 9.1 miles south-south-east of New Orleans. The air here is thick, heavy with the scent of salt and decay, a humid blanket that clings to the skin and softens the edges of the world. Cypress trees, gnarled and ancient, rise from the shallow, dark waters, their knees like spectral fingers breaking the surface, draped in Spanish moss that sways with a mournful grace in the infrequent breeze. The land itself seems to sag, perpetually sodden, a place where the boundary between earth and water is a whispered suggestion rather than a firm line, and the sky, when it clears, is a pale, washed-out blue, often bruised by the bruised purples and oranges of an approaching storm. This is a place defined by its relationship with the water, a history etched not in stone but in the silt and sediment deposited by millennia of floods and tides. The economy of New Orleans Station has long been tied to the bounty of the Gulf and the river – shrimping fleets, their weathered hulls bobbing in the sluggish canals, and the quiet, persistent work of oyster farms that dot the shallow bays. It is a landscape that remembers the fury of hurricanes, the scars of which are evident in the resilient, yet often weathered, structures that huddle against the elements. The very character of New Orleans Station is shaped by this constant negotiation with nature, a stoic endurance that permeates the rhythm of everyday life, where the turning of the tides and the changing of the seasons are the most reliable clocks.

About This New Orleans Station Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of New Orleans Station, Louisiana — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 29.8314, -90.0211. 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 New Orleans Station and Plaquemines Parish.

Detailed location data for New Orleans Station includes the ZIP code (70037), telephone area code (504), county seat of Plaquemines Parish, and school district assignment (Plaquemines 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 New Orleans Station is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.