Venice Louisiana Map

About Venice, Louisiana

Venice is a locality in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 259. The population density is 99.7 people per km². Venice is located at 29.2772°N, 89.3548°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 70091.

Venice, Louisiana, is a place where the land itself seems to breathe, a testament to the slow, insistent work of water and silt. It lies 62.1 miles south-east of Marrero, LA (from Marrero, LA: bearing 134°T), and is situated 6.0 miles south-east of Boothville. Here, the Mississippi River, having journeyed across a continent, fans out into a delta of marshy islands and serpentine bayous, a landscape of subtle greens and muted browns. The air hangs thick and humid, carrying the scent of salt marsh and the distant tang of the Gulf. Cypress trees, their knees like ancient knuckles, rise from the brackish water, draped in Spanish moss that drifts like ethereal beards. The sky is a vast, ever-changing canvas, often painted with broad strokes of bruised twilight or a startling, pale blue that seems to stretch to infinity. Life in Venice moves with the languid grace of the tides, a quiet existence dictated by the rhythms of the marsh and the ever-present embrace of the water. The history of Venice is inextricably tied to the bounty and the peril of its delta home. For generations, this remote outpost has been a hub for those who make their living from the sea and the river. Fishing, particularly for shrimp and oysters, forms the backbone of the local economy, its fortunes rising and falling with the seasons and the health of the Gulf waters. The oil and gas industry has also left its mark, with platforms and pipelines dotting the horizon, a stark contrast to the natural beauty of the marsh. Venice has weathered hurricanes and rising waters, a resilience forged in the face of nature's formidable power. It is a place where stories of hardy fishermen and resilient communities are whispered on the wind, a place that holds the deep, quiet soul of the Louisiana coast.

About This Venice Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Venice, Louisiana — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 29.277165, -89.354776. 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 Venice and Plaquemines Parish.

Detailed location data for Venice includes the ZIP code (70091), telephone area code (504), county seat of Plaquemines Parish, and school district assignment (Plaquemines 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 Venice is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.