Port Barre Louisiana Map

About Port Barre, Louisiana

Port Barre is a locality in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,751. The population density is 627.1 people per km². Port Barre is located at 30.5602°N, 91.9540°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Port Barre is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 70577.

Port Barre occupies a low-slung stretch of land where the Bayou Courtableau carves a deliberate, muddy path through the heavy, humid silence of the plains. It lies 7.8 miles east-northeast of Opelousas, LA (from Opelousas, LA: bearing 76°T), and is situated 17.7 miles north-northeast of Carencro. Port Barre sits two miles from the shallow, eroded drainage of Grand Gulley, its physical character defined by the flat, fertile earth that stretches out toward the horizon in shades of dark loam and vibrant green. The air here carries a thick, sweet weight, particularly at dusk when the light turns a bruised gold and settles over the cypress stands that line the water. Residents gather at Port Barre Park, a quiet expanse of grass where the stillness is broken only by the distant, rhythmic hum of agricultural machinery working the surrounding fields.

History lingers in Port Barre like the scent of woodsmoke, rooted in the trade routes that once relied on the slow, reliable current of the Bayou Courtableau to move goods through the interior. The local economy remains anchored to this land, with the cycles of planting and harvest dictating the pace of life far more than the ticking of a clock. While Lake Bigeux lies sixteen miles to the north, the focus here remains fixed on the immediate soil and the intricate systems of irrigation that sustain the regional crops. Life in Port Barre moves with a deliberate, unforced gravity, a testament to a culture that values the steady, repetitive labor of the seasons and the quiet dignity of a landscape that asks for nothing more than patience.

About This Port Barre Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Port Barre, Louisiana. Coordinates: 30.560195, -91.954006. 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 Port Barre includes the ZIP code (70577), telephone area code (985), county seat of St. Landry Parish, and school district assignment (St. Landry 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.