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Paincourtville Louisiana Map

Explore Paincourtville, Louisiana, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Paincourtville, Louisiana

How to Use This Paincourtville, Louisiana Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Paincourtville, Louisiana. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Louisiana or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Paincourtville.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Paincourtville
State	Louisiana (LA)
County	Assumption Parish
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	29.990201
Longitude	-91.0551
Population	857
Density	190.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	70390, 70391
Area Code	985
School District	Assumption Parish School District

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About Paincourtville, Louisiana

Paincourtville is a locality in Assumption Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 857. The population density is 190.3 people per km². Paincourtville is located at 29.9902°N, 91.0551°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 70390, 70391.

Paincourtville sits upon the flat, alluvial expanse where the humid air hangs heavy and thick with the scent of damp earth and ripening stalks. It lies 19.0 miles south-southwest of Gonzales, LA (from Gonzales, LA: bearing 205°T), and is situated 8.5 miles south-southwest of Donaldsonville. The sluggish waters of Bayou Lafourche carve a deliberate path through the landscape, acting as a green-fringed artery that dictates the slow, rhythmic pulse of the countryside. Beyond the immediate reach of the water, the horizon stretches into a vast, featureless plain that seems to hold the sunlight in a suspended, golden amber glow long after the afternoon has peaked. Six miles away, the dark, still surface of Lake Verret mirrors the cypress stands, while the wilder, tangled thickets of the Elm Hall Wildlife Management Area offer a sanctuary of tangled vines and deep shade that defines the edges of this quiet interior world.

Agriculture remains the silent engine of Paincourtville, where the seasonal cycle of sugarcane dictates the tempo of commerce and the turning of the soil. The land bears the quiet weight of generations who carved their livelihood from the heavy, dark loam, creating a patchwork of fields that shift from vivid emerald to the brittle gold of harvest. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of a pendulum, shaped by a history of Creole and Cajun influence that lingers in the cadence of local speech and the shared rituals of the table. Whether in the quiet hum of machinery near the fields or the stillness of the afternoon, the identity of Paincourtville remains firmly anchored to the fertile dirt and the slow, inevitable movement of the inland waterways.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Elm Hall Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.2 mi, 208° SW
Veteran'S Park (Local Park) — 8.2 mi, 262° W
Division Of State Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 10.2 mi, 281° W
Bocage Plantation (Attraction) — 11.0 mi, 033° NE
Houmas House Plantation and Gardens (Attraction) — 12.7 mi, 034° NE
Lsu Research Station (Recreation Easement) — 12.9 mi, 180° S
National Hansen's Disease Museum (Museum) — 15.0 mi, 344° N
Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 15.7 mi, 067° NE
WHITE ALDER Memorial Light 195A (Monument) — 16.0 mi, 335° NW
I-10 Rest Area (State Recreation Area) — 16.1 mi, 035° NE
Atchafalaya River Basin Swamp Megasite Fee (Conservation Area) — 17.1 mi, 297° NW
Goula Paradise Farms (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 17.9 mi, 345° N
Sante Fe Bull (Public Artwork) — 18.9 mi, 130° SE
Gonzales 'Tee Joe' Museum (Museum) — 19.1 mi, 026° NE
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Barataria Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 19.2 mi, 134° SE
Laurel Valley Museum (Museum) — 21.2 mi, 131° SE
Morgan City Stadium (Stadium) — 21.6 mi, 205° SW
The Rig Museum (Museum) — 22.6 mi, 204° SW
Bayou Teche National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 25.5 mi, 236° SW · 22k acres
Galvez Town (Monument) — 26.3 mi, 022° N
San Francisco Plantation (Attraction) — 27.4 mi, 081° E
Greenwood Gator Farm (Attraction) — 27.5 mi, 161° S
LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens and Museum (Museum) — 28.9 mi, 354° N
Chitimacha Veterans' Monument (Monument) — 29.2 mi, 256° W
African-American Cultural Center (Arts Centre) — 30.1 mi, 346° N
Greek Theatre (Arts Centre) — 30.4 mi, 346° N
Varsity Theatre (Theatre) — 30.4 mi, 346° N
Lake Fausse Pointe State Park (State Park) — 30.5 mi, 273° W
Mandalay National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 32.8 mi, 155° SE · 8,780 acres
Atchafalaya Delta Wildlife Management Area and Game Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 37.4 mi, 201° S

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