South Mansfield Louisiana Map

About South Mansfield, Louisiana

South Mansfield is a locality in De Soto Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 475. The population density is 284.2 people per km². South Mansfield is located at 32.0218°N, 93.7143°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 71052.

South Mansfield breathes a quiet, humid air, a place where the earth seems to exhale a constant, verdant sigh. It lies 34.2 miles south of Bossier City, LA (from Bossier City, LA: bearing 178°T), and is situated 1.4 miles south-west of Mansfield. The landscape here is a gentle swell of pine-studded hills, punctuated by broad, slow-moving creeks that mirror the bruised, plum-colored skies of approaching storms. Fields of cotton, when in bloom, stretch out like pale, rumpled linens under the vast Louisiana sky, their white fluff catching the sunlight in ephemeral bursts. Ancient oaks, their branches draped with Spanish moss like the shawls of elderly women, stand as silent sentinels, their roots clutching the rich, red clay that defines this corner of De Soto Parish. The very air hums with the drone of cicadas, a constant, pulsing heartbeat that seems to emanate from the deep woods. The history of South Mansfield is a story whispered on the breeze, a narrative woven from the threads of agriculture and industry. For generations, the land has yielded its bounty, first through the sweat of cotton farmers, whose labor shaped the very contours of the fields, and later through the quiet rumble of logging trucks carrying timber from the surrounding forests. While the grand plantations of old are now ghosts in the rustling leaves, the spirit of resilience, of coaxing a living from the fertile ground, persists. The local economy, still tethered to the land, finds its pulse in the cultivation of timber and the ongoing efforts of small farms. There are no grand monuments here, no bustling boulevards, but in the weathered faces of the people and the slow, deliberate pace of life, one can feel the echoes of a past that continues to shape the present of South Mansfield.

About This South Mansfield Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of South Mansfield, Louisiana — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 32.02183, -93.714349. 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 South Mansfield and De Soto Parish.

Detailed location data for South Mansfield includes the ZIP code (71052), telephone area code (318), county seat of De Soto Parish, and school district assignment (De Soto Parish School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct South Mansfield is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.