Simmesport Louisiana Map

About Simmesport, Louisiana

Simmesport is a locality in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,468. The population density is 259.4 people per km². Simmesport is located at 30.9810°N, 91.8143°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Simmesport is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 71369.

Simmesport reveals itself through the heavy, humid stillness of the alluvial plains, where the Atchafalaya River carves a slow, powerful path through the dense vegetation. It lies 35.3 miles north-northeast of Opelousas, LA (from Opelousas, LA: bearing 28°T), and is situated 18.6 miles east-southeast of Marksville. The landscape here is defined by a deep, verdant flatness, an expanse of low-lying earth where the light at dusk turns the sky into a bruised plum color that clings to the tops of the cypress trees. Only a few miles to the west, the Pomme De Terre Wildlife Management Area offers a sanctuary of tangled brush and quiet water, while the distant, hazy rise of Rock Hill serves as the only interruption to an otherwise unbroken horizon. The air carries the scent of wet soil and ripening vegetation, a damp, pervasive weight that settles over the land long before the sun disappears behind the treeline.

Simmesport exists as a quiet testament to the commerce of the river, having grown from a landing point into a place where the rhythm of life is synchronized with the passage of the currents. The local economy has long been tethered to the bounty of the surrounding bottomlands and the transit of goods moving through the waterway, drawing a resilience from the cycles of the river that has sustained the inhabitants for generations. Beyond the town limits, the landscape remains largely untamed, with the nearby Lake Killarney reflecting the shifting clouds in its dark, still surface. Life here moves with a deliberate, unforced pace, shaped by the interplay of agricultural tradition and the persistent, quiet demands of a region where the water dictates the boundaries of the day.

About This Simmesport Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Simmesport, Louisiana. Coordinates: 30.980959, -91.814269. 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 Simmesport includes the ZIP code (71369), telephone area code (318), county seat of Avoyelles Parish, and school district assignment (Avoyelles 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.