About Westminster
Westminster is a small unincorporated community in eastern Louisiana.
Officially, Westminster is a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.02 square miles.
📰 Westminster News Today
- Schedule - Westminster Christian Academy Crusaders (Opelousas, LA) Football 26-27 MaxPreps · Aug 10
- La Quinta/Westminster vs Cypress JV Girls Tennis - Sep 3, 2026 Sports Illustrated · Aug 12
- Westminster Christian Academy Volleyball Schedule MaxPreps · Aug 11
- Westminster's Matthew Lalonde uses tennis to become elite pass rusher KATC · Jul 20
- Kyle Horde, Westminster Christian Academy , Linebacker 247Sports · Jun 22
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Westminster Unique
- One of 8 places in the US named Westminster — but the Louisiana one has a character all its own.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Positioned in eastern Louisiana, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
- Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
- Easy reach of Baton Rouge (3 mi) — commute to the city, live where it's calm.
📍 Neighborhoods in Westminster
📍 Airline Acres📍 Bellefontaine📍 Bonaire📍 Broadmoor Forest📍 Broadmoor Place📍 Broadmoor Plaza📍 Broadmoor Terrace📍 Burden Estates📍 Carmen Terrace📍 Country Club Estates📍 Courtland Place📍 Darius Place📍 Drusilla Place📍 East Broadmoor📍 Essen📍 Essen Plaza📍 Essen South📍 Forest Hill📍 Harelson📍 Hillcrest Acres📍 Independence Place📍 Inniswold Estates📍 Jefferson Court📍 Jefferson Place
Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Westminster
- 7 Brew Coffee — coffee shop (café)
- Albasha Greek and Lebanese Restaurant — greek
- Chinese Inn — chinese
- Cracker Barrel — american
- King Buffet — chinese
- Lagniappe Steak and Seafood — seafood
- Maxwell's Market
- Mr Gatti's Pizza — pizza
- Philly Me Up — american
- Pizza Hut — pizza
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Celebration Station · Theme park
- LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens and Museum · Museum
- LSU Rural Life Museum · Museum
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Westminster
- BREC Jefferson Highway Park reviews ★
- Perkins Road Community Park reviews ★
- Barton Arboretum · Garden reviews ★
- Burden Museum and Gardens reviews ★
- Cedarcrest Park reviews ★
- Drusilla Park reviews ★
- Florence and Charles Crowder Camellia Collection · Garden reviews ★
- Higo Camellia Collection reviews ★
- LSU AgCenter Live Oak Trials reviews ★
- LSU AgCenter Research Trial Plots reviews ★
- LSU AgCenter Turf Research Plots reviews ★
- LSU Botanic Gardens Orangerie · Garden reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateLouisiana
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area1.02 sq mi
Coordinates30.4077, -91.0900