Shongaloo Louisiana Map

About Shongaloo, Louisiana

Shongaloo is a locality in Webster Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 151. The population density is 7.4 people per km². Shongaloo is located at 32.9415°N, 93.2988°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Shongaloo is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 71072.

Shongaloo marks the landscape with a quiet persistence, defined by the winding course of Thorny Branch as it traces the low-lying terrain. It lies 22.5 miles north of Minden, LA (from Minden, LA: bearing 358°T), and is situated 9.3 miles west of Haynesville. The air here holds the heavy, humid stillness of the interior, where the land rises slightly toward the modest elevation of Duncan Hill, four miles distant. Dense thickets and patches of woodland break up the open fields, creating a patchwork of greenery that shifts in color from deep pine-needle emerald to the pale, sun-bleached brown of dormant grasses. The light in the late afternoon possesses a particular clarity, catching the moisture in the atmosphere to cast long, golden shadows across the soil, making the earth seem to glow with a warmth that lingers long after the sun has dipped below the horizon.

Economic life in Shongaloo remains tethered to the rhythmic demands of the soil and the timber that has long sustained the families who settled these woods. Beyond the immediate reach of the local clearings, the landscape transitions into the protected, damp expanse of Bayou Dorcheat, a place where the water moves with deliberate, sluggish grace. Residents often look toward the quiet waters of Sandlin Lake for a sense of respite, finding in its stillness a mirror for the slow, measured pace of their own days. While the world beyond shifts with the friction of progress, Shongaloo maintains a steady, internal logic, anchored by the cycles of the harvest and the enduring, unpretentious character of those who work the land.

About This Shongaloo Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Shongaloo, Louisiana. Coordinates: 32.941528, -93.29878. 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 Shongaloo includes the ZIP code (71072), telephone area code (318), county seat of Webster Parish, and school district assignment (Webster 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.