Urania Louisiana Map

About Urania, Louisiana

Urania is a locality in LaSalle Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 698. The population density is 196.6 people per km². Urania is located at 31.8638°N, 92.2960°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Urania is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 71480.

Urania emerges from the dense, pine-shadowed expanse of central Louisiana, where the land rises into subtle, undulating ridges that break the monotony of the forest floor. It lies 38.3 miles north-northeast of Pineville, LA (from Pineville, LA: bearing 12°T), and is situated 15.7 miles northwest of Jena. Chickasaw Creek carves a quiet, persistent path through the undergrowth just a mile away, its presence marked by the thick, damp scent of loam and the sudden hush of deep shade. Seven miles to the west, the modest rise of Mountain Hill stands as a silent sentinel over the timberland, while the broader, protected reaches of Little River provide a sanctuary for the local flora and fauna that thrive in the humid, stagnant heat. The light here at dusk possesses a singular, bruised quality, turning the pine needles into needles of dark copper against a sky that seems to hold the weight of the coming evening in its own slow, measured breath.

Urania maintains a character forged in the crucible of the timber industry, a legacy that still resonates in the rhythmic, heavy movement of trucks and the steady hum of machinery that defines the local economy. The settlement grew from the necessity of the woods, its history bound to the extraction and management of the towering timber that once dominated this entire reach of the state. Life in Urania moves with the deliberate pace of a pendulum, indifferent to the frantic demands of the distant world, as if the inhabitants are tethered to the slow growth of the trees surrounding them. Residents might travel twenty-two miles to find the expansive, still waters of Brushy Lake, yet the true pulse of the locality remains tethered to the immediate, practical demands of the forest and the enduring quietude of the southern pine woods.

About This Urania Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Urania, Louisiana. Coordinates: 31.863777, -92.295972. 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 Urania includes the ZIP code (71480), telephone area code (318), county seat of LaSalle Parish, and school district assignment (La Salle 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.