Sorrel Louisiana Map
Sorrel, Louisiana — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live National Weather Service conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Sorrel, St. Mary Parish.
Interactive Map of Sorrel, Louisiana
| City | Sorrel |
| State | Louisiana (LA) |
| County | St. Mary Parish |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 29.889094 |
| Longitude | -91.616781 |
| Population | 564 |
| Density | 126.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
About Sorrel, Louisiana
Sorrel is a locality in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 564. The population density is 126.8 people per km². Sorrel is located at 29.8891°N, 91.6168°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 70544.
Sorrel breathes the humid, verdant air of Louisiana's bayou country, a place where the land itself seems to sigh. It lies 14.4 miles east-south-east of New Iberia, LA (from New Iberia, LA: bearing 123°T), and is situated 9.4 miles north-west of Franklin. Cypress trees, their knees like ancient knuckles, rise from the inky, slow-moving waters of the Atchafalaya Basin. Spanish moss, a ghostly beard, drapes from their branches, catching the diffused sunlight that filters through the dense canopy. The air here is thick with the scent of damp earth, decaying leaves, and the faint, sweet perfume of unseen wildflowers, a perpetual offering to the sluggish currents that define this landscape. Dragonflies, iridescent jewels, dart and hover over the water's surface, their wings a blur against the muted greens and browns of the wetlands. The history of Sorrel is as deeply rooted as the cypress that anchor its soil, a testament to the ingenuity of those who have long coaxed a living from these rich, yet challenging, waterways. For generations, the economy here has been inextricably tied to the bounty of the basin, with fishing and crawfishing providing the lifeblood for families who understand the rhythms of the tides and the habits of its aquatic inhabitants. Small, weathered shacks, their paint peeling like sunburnt skin, line the bayou edges, each a quiet sentinel to the passing years. The occasional pirogue, a flat-bottomed boat, glides silently through the channels, a familiar sight in Sorrel, carrying its occupants on errands or toward the promise of a good catch, a timeless tableau against the backdrop of this wild, enduring terrain.
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About This Sorrel Map Page
This page provides an interactive Google map of Sorrel, Louisiana with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Sorrel and St. Mary Parish. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Sorrel is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Sorrel is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |
