Oak Ridge Louisiana Map

About Oak Ridge, Louisiana

Oak Ridge is a locality in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 124. The population density is 48.2 people per km². Oak Ridge is located at 32.6244°N, 91.7731°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Oak Ridge is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 70460, 70401, 71264.

Oak Ridge emerges from the flat, alluvial expanse of northeast Louisiana like a deliberate pause in the relentless progression of the fields. It lies 21.7 miles east-northeast of Monroe, LA (from Monroe, LA: bearing 68°T), and is situated 10.8 miles south-southeast of Bastrop. Sunlight here possesses a peculiar, heavy clarity, bleaching the vast cotton rows to a stark white during the harvest and casting long, indigo shadows across the black earth as the afternoon wanes. To the west, the land yields slightly toward the lower drainage of the basin known as the Swan Lakebed, where the horizon flattens into a thin, hazy line. The slow, deliberate pulse of the environment is punctuated only by the quiet movement of water through the nearby channel of Como Bayou, a waterway that marks the subtle shifts in the soil’s composition and carries the silt of a thousand years toward the southern plains.

Agriculture provides the foundational rhythm for Oak Ridge, dictating the cycles of labor and the quietude of the off-seasons. The architecture of the locale, preserved in weathered clapboard and wide, shaded galleries, reflects a heritage tied to the fertile soil and the slow accumulation of generations who have worked these acres. Beyond the immediate reach of the fields, the landscape transitions into the wilder, wooded corridors of the Floy Mcelroy Wildlife Management Area, where the density of the brush offers a quiet sanctuary for migratory birds. Residents maintain a life defined by this proximity to the land, an existence that remains detached from the frantic pace of larger hubs, favoring instead the steady persistence of the seasons and the enduring, unhurried character of the plains.

About This Oak Ridge Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Oak Ridge, Louisiana. Coordinates: 32.624353, -91.773125. 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 Oak Ridge includes the ZIP code (70460, 70401, 71264), telephone area code (985, 318), county seat of Morehouse Parish, and school district assignment (Morehouse 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.