Pleasant Hill Louisiana Map

About Pleasant Hill, Louisiana

Pleasant Hill is a locality in Jackson Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 617. The population density is 147.5 people per km². Pleasant Hill is located at 31.8154°N, 93.5164°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Pleasant Hill is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 71270, 71028, 71019.

Pleasant Hill endures as a quiet convergence of pine forest and red clay earth, where the moisture of the inland air settles heavy upon the needles at dawn. It lies 24.9 miles south-southeast of Ruston, LA (from Ruston, LA: bearing 151°T), and is situated 16.7 miles east of Jonesboro. Indian Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the landscape, its dark water reflecting the overarching canopy of oaks and loblolly pines that define the horizon. Thirty-two miles to the west, the faint, jagged silhouette of Snake Ridge breaks the skyline, a reminder of the tectonic shifts that shaped the broader terrain long before the current timberlands took root. The light here at dusk holds a particular amber quality, casting long, bruised shadows that stretch across the fields and soften the sharp edges of the weathered fence lines.

Agriculture and the harvest of timber have long provided the marrow for the economy of Pleasant Hill, grounding the inhabitants in the seasonal labor of the soil. While the stillness of the afternoon might suggest a place forgotten by ambition, the proximity to Caney Creek Reservoir, just three miles away, offers a necessary reprieve of open water and cooling breezes for those who work the land. Residents seeking the wider expanse of the outdoors often travel six miles to Caney Creek Lake State Park, where the interaction between the managed woods and the native wetlands remains a constant point of local pride. Time here does not hurry; it moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, measured in the slow growth of the forest and the persistent, unyielding cycle of the inland heat.

About This Pleasant Hill Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana. Coordinates: 31.815363, -93.5164. 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 Pleasant Hill includes the ZIP code (71270, 71028, 71019), telephone area code (318), county seat of Jackson Parish, and school district assignment (Sabine 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.