Sorrel Louisiana Map

About Sorrel, Louisiana

Sorrel is a locality in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 711. The population density is 129.7 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 emerges from the flat, humid expanse of the Louisiana lowlands, defined by the deliberate, tea-colored passage of the Bayou Teche as it carves a slow path through the silt. It lies 14.4 miles east-southeast of New Iberia, LA (from New Iberia, LA: bearing 123°T), and is situated 9.4 miles northwest of Franklin. The air here holds a permanent weight, saturated with the scent of damp earth and the saline suggestion of the Gulf of Mexico, which pulls at the horizon just ten miles away. Beyond the immediate riverbanks, the land spreads into a vast, verdant quilt of sugarcane fields, broken only by the occasional stand of moss-draped cypress that marks the approach to Lake Fausse Pointe. The light at dusk is thick and golden, catching the blades of grass and the surface of the water in a way that makes the entire landscape appear submerged in a gentle, amber glow.

Sorrel maintains a quiet endurance, its character forged by the long-standing rhythms of agricultural labor and the persistence of the generations who have worked this soil. The local economy remains tethered to the harvest, with the sprawling fields dictating the cycles of the year as they have for decades. While life moves with the deliberate pace of the tides, residents often find their respite at the King Joseph Recreation Center, a modest anchor for the neighborhood that sits three miles from the center of the bayou’s bend. In the distance, the low profile of Fishers Island reminds those who look toward the coast of the complex, shifting borders between the marsh and the open water, a reminder that in Sorrel, the land is always negotiating its space with the encroaching sea.

About This Sorrel Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sorrel, Louisiana. Coordinates: 29.889094, -91.616781. 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 Sorrel includes the ZIP code (70544), telephone area code (985), county seat of St. Mary Parish, and school district assignment (St. Mary 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.