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Alcorn State University Mississippi Map

Explore Alcorn State University, Mississippi, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Alcorn State University, Mississippi

How to Use This Alcorn State University, Mississippi Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Alcorn State University, Mississippi. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Mississippi or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Alcorn State University.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Alcorn State University
State	Mississippi (MS)
County	Claiborne County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	31.8804
Longitude	-91.1407
Population	1,120
Density	181.8 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	39096
Area Code	601, 769
County Seat	Port Gibson
School District	Claiborne County School District

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About Alcorn State University, Mississippi

Alcorn State University is a locality in Claiborne County, Mississippi, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,120. The population density is 181.8 people per km². Alcorn State University is located at 31.8804°N, 91.1407°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 39096.

Alcorn State University emerges from the verdant, humid expanse of the Mississippi landscape, where the Mammy Judy Bayou carves a slow, deliberate path through the earth. It lies 27.0 miles northeast of Natchez, MS (from Natchez, MS: bearing 35°T), and is situated 27.5 miles northeast of Vidalia. The grounds are defined by a quiet, heavy air that carries the scent of damp soil and thick, tangled vegetation, characteristic of the woodland that presses inward from the borders of Canemount Wma. To the north, the elevation shifts toward the Petit Gulf Hills, their slopes rising in a subtle, rhythmic swell against the horizon, while the quiet waters of Flatland Lake sit four miles distant, reflecting the sprawling, heavy-lidded sky. The light here at dusk is thick and golden, clinging to the brick facades and the wide, open lawns that anchor the campus against the encroaching wild of the surrounding thickets.

History clings to the red clay of Alcorn State University, a site established as the first public historically black land-grant institution in the United States, rising from the remnants of older, agrarian foundations. The economy of the surrounding region remains tethered to the slow pulse of agriculture and the maintenance of the land, though the institution itself serves as the intellectual and cultural anchor for the area, fostering a legacy of scholarship that defies the isolation of the rural interior. Beyond the academic halls, the influence of the nearby Winter Quarters Crevasse reminds one of the volatile, shifting nature of the local terrain, a basin shaped by the long, deep memory of the earth. Life here moves with a measured cadence, shaped by the persistent, humid stillness and a cultural character that finds its strength in the deep roots of the region, far removed from the frantic currents of more urbanized centers.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Canemount Wma (State Conservation Area) — 0.2 mi, 356° N
Canemount (State Conservation Area) — 3.0 mi, 008° N
Windsor Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 4.2 mi, 009° N
Lake Bruin State Park (State Park) — 6.2 mi, 327° NW
Lsu Research Station (Recreation Easement) — 6.9 mi, 314° NW
Irwin Russell Memorial Museum (Museum) — 10.7 mi, 061° NE
Division Of State Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 12.0 mi, 327° NW
Sunken Trace (Attraction) — 12.5 mi, 060° NE
Mangum Site (Attraction) — 16.1 mi, 061° NE
Emerald Mound (Historic Ruins) — 18.0 mi, 200° S
Natchez State Park (State Park) — 19.1 mi, 189° S
Farm Service Agency Interest Of La (National Wildlife Refuge) — 22.8 mi, 287° W · 9,337 acres
Elizabeth Female Academy (Attraction) — 23.0 mi, 203° SW
Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 23.6 mi, 333° NW · 156k acres
Homochitto National Forest (National Forest) — 25.2 mi, 178° S · 192k acres
Forks of the Road (Monument) — 26.6 mi, 213° SW
Ken Beesley, Sr. Field (Stadium) — 26.6 mi, 214° SW
Melrose (Attraction) — 27.3 mi, 212° SW
Vidalia Riverfront Ampitheatre (Theatre) — 27.3 mi, 217° SW
Martin Performing Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 27.4 mi, 214° SW
Grant's Canal (Monument) — 32.8 mi, 022° N
South Fort (Historic Castle / Fort) — 33.3 mi, 025° NE
Mississippi River Overlook (Viewpoint) — 33.5 mi, 025° NE
Virginia Memorial (Monument) — 33.8 mi, 026° NE
Lower Mississippi River Museum (Museum) — 36.0 mi, 025° NE
Battery De Golyer (Public Artwork) — 37.2 mi, 028° NE
USS Cairo Museum (Museum) — 37.8 mi, 025° NE
Delta National Forest (National Forest) — 56.7 mi, 018° N · 61k acres

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