Roseland Louisiana Map

About Roseland, Louisiana

Roseland is a locality in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 880. The population density is 163.7 people per km². Roseland is located at 30.7649°N, 90.5118°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Roseland is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 70456.

Roseland sits upon a terrain of quiet, pine-dusted earth where the humidity of the inland basin softens the edges of the day. It lies 18.3 miles north of Hammond, LA (from Hammond, LA: bearing 351°T), and is situated 2.3 miles north of Amite City. The land here holds a stillness that gathers in the hollows and lingers under the canopy of towering loblolly pines, marking a landscape defined by the subtle, persistent presence of the Tangipahoa River just a mile away. This waterway carves a slow path through the terrain, its banks serving as the literal boundary of the Tangipahoa River, where the undergrowth is thick with the tangled, verdant life of the region. As the sun begins its descent, the light takes on a bruised, amber quality, catching the dust of the backroads and casting long, thin shadows that stretch across the fields until they dissolve into the deepening gray of the woods.

Roseland carries the weight of a history rooted in the timber and rail industries that once pulsed through these woods, defining the pace of labor and the rhythm of the seasons. The economy reflects a long-standing reliance on the land, where the labor of the soil and the processing of timber have dictated the character of the people for generations. Seven miles to the west, the landscape dips into the gentle depression of Sandy Hollow, a feature that interrupts the otherwise flat, wooded expanse and speaks to the ancient shifts of the earth beneath the surface. Life in Roseland moves with the deliberate, unhurried cadence of a place that understands the value of waiting, where the passing trains and the seasonal harvest serve as the primary clock for the inhabitants.

About This Roseland Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Roseland, Louisiana. Coordinates: 30.764907, -90.51176. 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 Roseland includes the ZIP code (70456), telephone area code (985), county seat of Tangipahoa Parish, and school district assignment (Tangipahoa 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.