Alcorn County, Mississippi Map
Explore Alcorn County, Mississippi with this interactive street and satellite map. Browse all 6 cities and towns in Alcorn County below.
Interactive Map of Alcorn County, Mississippi
| County | Alcorn |
| State | Mississippi (MS) |
| County Seat | Corinth |
| Country | United States of America |
| Latitude | 34.837001 |
| Longitude | -88.505302 |
| Cities & Towns | 6 |
| Area Codes | 662 |
About Alcorn County, Mississippi
Alcorn County occupies the northernmost reaches of the state, where the coastal plain begins to yield to the stubborn, gravel-strewn ridges of the Appalachian foothills. Here, the land loses the frantic, flat heat of the southern delta and instead settles into a landscape of deep hollows and timbered slopes, cut through by the Tuscumbia River and its modest, winding tributaries. The air holds a different weight in these heights, cooling quickly once the sun retreats behind the pine stands, leaving a thin, silver mist to gather in the low-lying creek beds. It is a terrain of hidden transitions, where the red clay soil keeps a firm grip on the roots of oak and hickory, and the light at dusk settles over the fields in a bruised, violet haze that seems to hold the day long after the horizon has darkened.
Alcorn County was carved from the territories of two older, neighboring jurisdictions during a period of intense regional reorganization in the wake of the nineteenth century. Its administrative center rose into prominence because of the intersecting steel rails that turned a quiet intersection of trade routes into a vital point of movement for commerce and travelers alike. The town grew not by slow accretion, but by the sudden, iron-willed necessity of the locomotive age, drawing people to the tracks to build a life out of timber, brick, and the singular determination that comes from being a crossroads. The architecture in the central square reflects this urgency—sturdy, utilitarian masonry that has weathered decades of changing seasons, standing as a quiet witness to the generations that arrived by train and stayed to plant their own roots in the earth.
Commerce in this region has evolved from the early reliance on the sawmill and the harvest to a more diversified landscape of manufacturing and regional distribution, reflecting a shift in how the local population earns its bread. People move through their days with a steady, deliberate pace, tending to the business of the county with a pragmatism that mirrors the landscape itself. Landmarks of industry and faith define the horizon, where the tall, geometric outlines of factories share the skyline with the steeples of older, white-frame churches. On summer evenings, the heat vibrates off the asphalt, and the sound of distant freight engines punctuates the stillness, a reminder that the county remains tethered to the broader movement of goods. There is a quiet clarity to the way life organizes itself here, a recognition that existence is measured by the changing color of the crops and the enduring, unadorned character of the neighbors who work the ground.
Cities and Towns in Alcorn County
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About This Alcorn County Map Page
This page provides an interactive map of Alcorn County, Mississippi alongside links to detailed street maps for 6 cities and towns. The county seat is Corinth. Each city and town map page includes live weather, local news and precise GPS coordinates.
The Search Maps button below the county map opens USGS topographic maps and aerial imagery as base layers, with a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a single-fix GPS readout giving your USNG grid reference and latitude and longitude.
Location data is sourced from the USGS GNIS database and verified by coordinates, not name matching alone.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | USGS GNIS database; coordinates matched to 2020 US Census records |
