St. James Louisiana Map

About St. James, Louisiana

St. James is a locality in St. James Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 592. The population density is 27.2 people per km². St. James is located at 30.0186°N, 90.8509°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 70723, 70086.

St. James occupies a flat, verdant expanse of alluvial soil where the heavy, humid air clings to the skin like a damp velvet shroud. It lies 15.5 miles north of Thibodaux, LA (from Thibodaux, LA: bearing 7°T), and is situated 9.3 miles north of Chackbay. The horizon is defined by the steady, muscular curve of the Mississippi River, which rolls past the low-lying fields with a quiet, persistent gravity. Behind the levee, the land shifts into a mosaic of dense thickets and open acreage, occasionally marked by the subtle depression of the Belmont Crevasse. Sunlight here loses its sharp edge as the afternoon wanes, softening into a bruised gold that catches the dust rising from the unpaved lanes and turns the broad, waxy leaves of the surrounding vegetation into dark, shimmering silhouettes.

St. James finds its identity in the slow, rhythmic pulse of an economy built upon the fertile earth, where the cycle of the sugarcane harvest dictates the pace of the year. The legacy of the region persists in the architecture of the older houses and the lingering influence of the families who first worked this silt-heavy ground. Life remains tethered to the land, far removed from the frantic noise of modern centers, though the proximity of Paulina Park offers a quiet space to observe the local ecology. Even the distant, gentle rise of Indian Mound remains a silent, stoic witness to the generations that have farmed these plains, while the waters of Lac des Allemands wait eleven miles away, reflecting the stillness of a landscape that measures time not in minutes, but in the slow maturation of the crops.

About This St. James Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of St. James, Louisiana. Coordinates: 30.018643, -90.850881. 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 St. James includes the ZIP code (70723, 70086), telephone area code (985, 504), county seat of St. James Parish, and school district assignment (St. James 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.