Flatwoods, Louisiana

Flatwoods, Louisiana
Flatwoods, Louisiana
	Unincorporated community
	Flatwoods, Louisiana Flatwoods, Louisiana
	Coordinates: 31°24′10″N92°52′06″W / 31.40278°N 92.86833°W Coordinates: 31°24′10″N92°52′06″W / 31.40278°N 92.86833°W
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Parish	Rapides
Elevation	299 ft (91 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code	71427
Area code(s)	318
GNIS feature ID	543205 [1]

Last updated April 01, 2019

Flatwoods is an unincorporated community in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States.^[1] Its ZIP code is 71427.^[2]

Rapides Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 131,613. The parish seat is Alexandria, which developed along the Red River of the South. Rapides is the French spelling of "rapids" and is pronounced ra-PEEDS. The parish was created in 1807 after the United States acquired this territory in the Louisiana Purchase.

Louisiana is a state in the Deep South region of the South Central United States. It is the 31st most extensive and the 25th most populous of the 50 United States. Louisiana is bordered by the state of Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, Mississippi to the east, and the Gulf of Mexico to the south. A large part of its eastern boundary is demarcated by the Mississippi River. Louisiana is the only U.S. state with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are equivalent to counties. The state's capital is Baton Rouge, and its largest city is New Orleans.

Notes

1 2 "Flatwoods, Louisiana". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
↑ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code" . Retrieved 2012-02-15.

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[gnis-1] 1 2 "Flatwoods, Louisiana". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.

[GR7-2] United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code" . Retrieved 2012-02-15.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States
Parish seat: Alexandria
Cities	Alexandria Pineville
Towns	Ball Boyce Cheneyville Glenmora Lecompte Woodworth
Villages	Forest Hill McNary
CDP	Deville
Other unincorporated communities	Afeman Alfalfa Anandale Clifton Echo Elmer Flatwoods Gardner Hineston Kolin Lena Libuse Longleaf Loyd Midway Otis Ruby Sieper Tioga

Flatwoods, Louisiana
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 31°24′10″N92°52′06″W / 31.40278°N 92.86833°W / 31.40278; -92.86833 Coordinates: 31°24′10″N92°52′06″W / 31.40278°N 92.86833°W / 31.40278; -92.86833
Country	United States
State	Louisiana
Parish	Rapides
Elevation	299 ft (91 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code	71427
Area code(s)	318
GNIS feature ID	543205^[1]