Port Sulphur Louisiana Map

About Port Sulphur, Louisiana

Port Sulphur is a locality in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,677. The population density is 119.6 people per km². Port Sulphur is located at 29.5045°N, 89.7220°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 70083.

Port Sulphur manifests as a low-slung horizon where the land surrenders to the encroaching moisture of the Gulf, defined primarily by the dark, industrious incision of the Nestor Canal. It lies 31.4 miles southeast of Belle Chasse, LA (from Belle Chasse, LA: bearing 145°T), and is situated 34.9 miles southeast of Woodmere. The terrain is a soft, alluvial flatness, a precarious margin where the earth feels less like solid ground and more like a saturated sponge held together by the stubborn roots of marsh grasses. Moisture hangs heavy in the air, a thick, subtropical shroud that dulls the sun to a pale copper coin by late afternoon. Two miles to the east, the brackish expanse of Grand Bayou dictates the ebb and flow of the local tides, while the distant, shimmering surface of Cox Bay remains a quiet, hidden basin beyond the immediate reach of the shoreline. To the south, the landscape is punctuated by the verdant, quiet expanse of Preas Park, a sanctuary where the silence is broken only by the sudden, sharp cry of a marsh bird.

Port Sulphur carries the weight of a singular industrial legacy, having emerged from the earth’s own mineral bounty to anchor a life built upon the extraction of sulfur. This economy of raw, elemental labor shaped the settlement, leaving behind a character defined by hard work and the pragmatic endurance of those who live in the shadow of the tides. The rhythm of daily life moves with the deliberate pace of the water, far removed from the frantic pulse of distant urban centers, yet tethered to the same slow, humid heat that defines the region. Residents look toward the distant silhouette of Drum Island as a marker of the shifting boundary between the firmament and the open expanse. History here is not written in stone, but in the recurring patterns of the wind and the persistent, quiet maintenance of a life carved out of a delta that is constantly making and unmaking itself.

About This Port Sulphur Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Port Sulphur, Louisiana. Coordinates: 29.504507, -89.721978. 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 Sulphur includes the ZIP code (70083), telephone area code (504), county seat of Plaquemines Parish, and school district assignment (Plaquemines 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.