Springfield Louisiana Map

About Springfield, Louisiana

Springfield is a locality in Livingston Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 427. The population density is 117.3 people per km². Springfield is located at 30.4291°N, 90.5487°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Springfield is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 70462.

Springfield emerges from the humid, verdant expanse of the lowlands where the Natalbany River carves a slow, tea-colored path through the heavy soil. It lies 7.4 miles southwest of Hammond, LA (from Hammond, LA: bearing 225°T), and is situated 6.4 miles west of Ponchatoula. The landscape remains defined by the persistent moisture of the interior, where the dark, tangled roots of cypress trees grip the banks and the air holds a thick, vegetative warmth that lingers long after the sun dips behind the distant rise of Rose Mound. Two miles to the south, the terrain dips into the silty, flood-prone basin of Brier Patch Island, while seven miles away, the expansive, quiet waters of Lake Maurepas stretch toward the horizon. The quality of light here is dense and golden, filtering through thick canopies of oak to cast long, shivering shadows across the flat, fertile plains that define the character of Springfield.

Economic life in Springfield has long been tethered to the rhythms of the land, shifting from the early days of timber harvest and river-borne trade to the current quietude of a place that keeps its own time. Residents look toward the nearby expanse of Tickfaw State Park as a guardian of the local wilderness, a sanctuary where the swamp and forest floor remain undisturbed by the modern pace. The culture here is a layered accumulation of regional traditions, where the deliberate speed of rural life is punctuated by the occasional passing of a vehicle on narrow roads or the distant hum of machinery. In Springfield, the history is not written in monuments but in the persistent, slow growth of the vegetation and the way the local populace continues to honor the quiet, inland geography that separates them from the busy, restless world beyond.

About This Springfield Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Springfield, Louisiana. Coordinates: 30.429082, -90.548701. 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 Springfield includes the ZIP code (70462), telephone area code (985), county seat of Livingston Parish, and school district assignment (Livingston 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.