Wilson Louisiana Map

About Wilson, Louisiana

Wilson is a locality in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a small community with a population of 348. The population density is 49.6 people per km². Wilson is located at 30.9256°N, 91.1053°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Wilson is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 70789.

Wilson holds the quiet gravity of the Feliciana parishes, where the land settles into a rhythmic succession of loess bluffs and deep, shaded ravines. It lies 18.9 miles north of Zachary, LA (from Zachary, LA: bearing 7°T), and is situated 8.3 miles northeast of Jackson. Redwood Creek carves a persistent path through this terrain, its waters drawing a dark, reflective line through the dense thickets of hardwood and pine that define the local topography. Beyond the immediate canopy, the landscape descends into the damp, shadowed expanse of Hickman Bottom, a basin that holds the morning mist long after the sun has climbed high above the treeline. The light here filters through the foliage in heavy, golden slats, illuminating the rich, iron-heavy soil that dictates the pace of the surrounding woods. Six miles away, the Comite River provides a broader sanctuary for the region’s flora and fauna, maintaining the wild, verdant character that keeps the sprawl of the modern world at a distance.

Wilson preserves the remnants of an agrarian history, where the economy was once tethered to the cycles of cotton and the slow labor of the plantation era. Today, the local character remains anchored in the stubborn persistence of rural life, far removed from the frantic pulse of the lowlands. The architecture of the village acts as a ledger of past generations, with weathered storefronts and aging timber dwellings standing as quiet observers of the changing seasons. Residents maintain a life governed by the heat and the harvest, moving with a deliberate ease that acknowledges the long hours of the day. While the horizon remains flat and expansive, the distant presence of Greenwood Hill provides a subtle anchor to the north, watching over a community that finds its identity in the slow, persistent growth of the woods and the steady, unhurried flow of the local creek.

About This Wilson Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Wilson, Louisiana. Coordinates: 30.925561, -91.105287. 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 Wilson includes the ZIP code (70789), telephone area code (985), county seat of East Feliciana Parish, and school district assignment (East Feliciana 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.