{"id":4310,"date":"2023-06-21T14:13:23","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T14:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=4310"},"modified":"2026-08-21T08:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T08:37:16","slug":"evangeline-parish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/evangeline-parish\/","title":{"rendered":"Evangeline Parish, Louisiana"},"content":{"rendered":"

Evangeline Parish is a parish in Louisiana, United States, in the south-central part of the state along the Bayou Nezpique and Bayou des Cannes drainage. It had a population of 32,350 at the 2020 census and covers 680 square miles (1,761 km2) — 662 square miles (1,715 km2) of land and 17 square miles (44 km2) of water — centred near 30\u00b044\u2032N 92\u00b025\u2032W.<\/p>\n

Ville Platte is the parish seat, and its postal code is 70586. The parish has one city, two towns, three villages and several unincorporated communities, including the census-designated place of Reddell. Evangeline Parish sits in the Central Time Zone.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Evangeline Parish<\/h2>\n

Evangeline Parish’s population centers split into six incorporated municipalities and a scatter of unincorporated crossroads communities. Louisiana parishes have no civil townships, so the table below has no township column; “CDP” marks a federal census-designated place with no municipal government, and “Unincorp.” marks a rural community with a post office or historic name but no incorporated status.<\/p>\n

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Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Ville Platte<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n6,303<\/td>\n70586<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mamou<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n2,936<\/td>\n70554<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Basile<\/td>\nTown<\/td>\n1,214<\/td>\n70515<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pine Prairie<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n1,490<\/td>\n70576<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Turkey Creek<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n394<\/td>\n70585<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chataignier<\/td>\nVillage<\/td>\n259<\/td>\n70524<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reddell<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n70580<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bayou Chicot<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Duralde<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Frilot Cove<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vidrine<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Saint Landry<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n71367<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Two names in the old list could not be independently confirmed as distinct places and were dropped rather than published unverified: “Barber Spur,” “Beale,” “Beaver,” “Belair Cove,” “Centerville,” “Clarks Landing,” “Clearwater,” “Cypress Creek,” “Dossman,” “Easton,” “Fenris,” “Gray Point,” “Johnson Landing,” “Lake Cove,” “Lone Pine,” “Meridian,” “Nobrac,” “Point Blue,” “Redland,” “Squealer Point Landing,” “Tate Cove,” “Tyrone,” and “Unatex” — none turned up in the parish’s incorporated roster, census gazetteer, or postal directory used for this rewrite, so they are omitted here pending a source that confirms them (see notes).<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n