Batchelor, Louisiana

Batchelor, Louisiana
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 30°50′26″N91°39′41″W / 30.84056°N 91.66139°W / 30.84056; -91.66139
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Parish	Pointe Coupee
Elevation	39 ft (12 m)
Population  (2025)
• Total	1,277 [1]
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	70715
Area code	225
GNIS feature ID	553356 [2]
FIPS code	22-04720

Batchelor is an unincorporated community in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, United States. The area is named for Charles Batchelor, who is mentioned in Felix Flugel's diary of his voyage down the Mississippi River in 1817. The community is located at the intersection of Louisiana highways 1 and 419 near the south bank of the Mississippi River, and runs north-northwest up from the village of Morganza. Batchelor has a post office with ZIP code 70715, which opened on July 26, 1902. ^{[3] [4]} In the rural area of Batchelor is Raccourci Island and Old River, an oxbow lake in the Mississippi River System.

References

1. https://www.movingideas.org/batchelor-la/
2. "Batchelor". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
3. United States Postal Service. "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code" . Retrieved May 23, 2015.
4. "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original on October 17, 2020. Retrieved May 23, 2015.