Plaucheville Louisiana Map

About Plaucheville, Louisiana

Plaucheville is a locality in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 193. The population density is 50.2 people per km². Plaucheville is located at 30.9655°N, 91.9818°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 71362.

Plaucheville rests in the broad, fertile heart of Avoyelles Parish, a place where the land itself seems to breathe with a quiet, agricultural rhythm. It lies 36.4 miles south-east of Alexandria, LA (from Alexandria, LA: bearing 131°T), and is situated 4.4 miles east-south-east of Cottonport. The air here carries the sweet, damp scent of rich soil, especially after a summer rain, and the sky stretches wide and pale blue above fields of sugarcane and cotton that ripple like a green and white sea under the Louisiana sun. Ancient oaks, their branches draped with Spanish moss like the beards of forgotten sages, stand sentinel along the edges of the flat, open country, their roots anchoring the land against the slow, inexorable flow of nearby waterways. The character of Plaucheville is one of quiet resilience, a steadfastness born of generations who have worked this earth, their lives intimately bound to the cycles of planting and harvest, the gentle cadence of the seasons dictating the tempo of existence. The history of Plaucheville is deeply interwoven with the cultivation of the fertile delta soil, a story of French colonial beginnings that evolved into a robust agricultural economy centered on sugarcane. This legacy is still evident in the enduring presence of family farms, many bearing names that have been synonymous with the land for over a century, their weathered barns and silos standing as quiet monuments to enduring labor. The local economy, while diversified, still finds its strongest pulse in the bounty of the fields, the hum of tractors and the distant rumble of harvesting machinery a familiar soundtrack to the days. While not a place of grand pronouncements or bustling tourist throngs, Plaucheville possesses a distinctive charm in its unpretentious authenticity, a place where the genuine warmth of its people is as palpable as the humid embrace of a Louisiana evening.

About This Plaucheville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Plaucheville, Louisiana — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 30.965467, -91.981787. 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 Plaucheville and Avoyelles Parish.

Detailed location data for Plaucheville includes the ZIP code (71362), telephone area code (318), county seat of Avoyelles Parish, and school district assignment (Avoyelles 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 Plaucheville is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.