THE BUNKIE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Red River Bottomlands setting.
Bunkie city has 3.02 square miles of land in Avoyelles Parish. Its Census reference point is in Red River Bottomlands, within South Central Plains.
The Piney Woods occupy irregular plains at the western edge of the southern forest belt. Pine and hardwood landscapes alternate with wider river corridors such as the Red River valley.
Regional context: South Central Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Bunkie and Avoyelles Parish
Bunkie is associated with Avoyelles Parish in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Bunkie by land and water
The Census records 0.02 square miles of water within Bunkie, or 0.5% of its total area. It is 3.5 percentage points lower than the 4% recorded for Avoyelles Parish. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Bunkie city has 3 times the land area of nearby Evergreen town (1.02 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

