Romeville Louisiana Map

About Romeville, Louisiana

Romeville is a locality in St. James Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 99. The population density is 11.8 people per km². Romeville is located at 30.0687°N, 90.8274°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 70723.

Romeville sits upon the alluvial plain where the Mississippi River carves a slow, deliberate arc through the heavy, dark earth of the lowlands. It lies 12.9 miles south-southeast of Gonzales, LA (from Gonzales, LA: bearing 160°T), and is situated 9.1 miles east-southeast of Donaldsonville. The landscape around Romeville is defined by the Nita Crevasse, a geological scar that tells of the river’s ancient, restless attempts to reshape the flat, fertile horizons. To the west, the air grows thick and green toward the Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area, where cypress knees rise from the silt like the gnarled fingers of a buried forest. Light here behaves with a peculiar, syrupy quality, clinging to the flat fields at dusk until the shadows stretch thin and purple across the damp soil.

Sugarcane dominates the economy, its tall, fibrous stalks swaying in the humid breeze like a sea of emerald blades that dictate the rhythm of the seasons. The legacy of the river remains the primary pulse of Romeville, connecting the modern hum of industry to a past defined by the labor of the plantations and the quiet, persistent growth of the surrounding woodlands. While Lac des Allemands lies some distance away, the moisture in the atmosphere serves as a constant reminder of the vast, freshwater network that feeds the deep, black-water basins of the region. Life in Romeville moves with the heavy, unhurried gravity of the river itself, a place where the history of the soil remains as present as the heat of a midday sun.

About This Romeville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Romeville, Louisiana. Coordinates: 30.068681, -90.827406. 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 Romeville includes the ZIP code (70723), telephone area code (985), county seat of St. James Parish, and school district assignment (St. James 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.