Louisiana Missouri Map

About Louisiana, Missouri

Louisiana is a locality in Pike County, Missouri, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,199. The population density is 394.1 people per km². Louisiana is located at 39.4415°N, 91.0620°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Louisiana is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 63353.

Louisiana occupies a rugged expanse of high bluffs where the earth rises abruptly to meet the sky, defined primarily by the Town Branch as it winds its way toward the lowlands. It lies 24.3 miles southeast of Hannibal, MO (from Hannibal, MO: bearing 138°T), and is situated 17.1 miles southwest of Pittsfield. The landscape around Louisiana is characterized by the shadowed, intimate depths of Bone Hollow and the quiet, reflective surface of Smith Lake, which sits a mile removed from the bustle of the streets. From the elevated vantage point of Riverview Park, the horizon is dominated by the distant, hazy silhouette of The Pinnacle, anchoring the view to the west. The air here holds a distinct, heavy clarity in the late afternoon, when the light catches the limestone cliffs and turns the gray stone into a pale, glowing gold that warms the surrounding woodland.

History within Louisiana remains etched into the ornate brick facades of its downtown, where the architectural remnants of a nineteenth-century river trade center still stand in defiance of the modern pace. The local economy, once fueled by the movement of goods and the cultivation of the surrounding fertile plains, now relies on a measured blend of industry and small-scale enterprise that keeps the daily rhythm steady and deliberate. Residents move through the day with a plain-spoken pragmatism, often pausing to acknowledge the quiet movement of the Town Branch or the changing season as it shifts the colors of the trees in Riverview Park. It is a place where the weight of the past does not stifle the present, but rather provides a solid, unremarkable foundation for the quiet lives unfolding beneath the broad, landlocked Missouri sky.

About This Louisiana Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Louisiana, Missouri. Coordinates: 39.441456, -91.062033. 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 Louisiana includes the ZIP code (63353), telephone area code (314), county seat of Pike County (Bowling Green), and school district assignment (Louisiana R-II 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.