Alcorn State University Mississippi Map

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.

About This Alcorn State University Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Alcorn State University, Mississippi. Coordinates: 31.8804, -91.1407. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Alcorn State University includes the ZIP code (39096), telephone area code (601, 769), county seat of Claiborne County (Port Gibson), and school district assignment (Claiborne County School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.