Amite County, Mississippi Map
Explore Amite County, Mississippi with this interactive street and satellite map. Browse all 2 cities and towns in Amite County below.
Interactive Map of Amite County, Mississippi
| County | Amite |
| State | Mississippi (MS) |
| County Seat | Liberty |
| Country | United States of America |
| Latitude | 31.240589 |
| Longitude | -91.042465 |
| Cities & Towns | 2 |
| Area Codes | 228 |
About Amite County, Mississippi
Amite County occupies a rugged expanse of the southwest corner of Mississippi, where the land discards the flatness of the river floodplains for a broken, higher topography of deep pine woods and clay-rich ridges. The terrain is defined by the steady, southward migration of water toward the Gulf, with the Amite River and its various tributaries cutting narrow, shaded corridors through the dense forest floor. In the late afternoon, the light filters through the canopy in long, amber needles, catching the fine silt that hangs in the humid air above the creek beds. This landscape functions as a transition zone between the alluvial plains to the west and the pine barrens of the interior, creating a persistent, shadowed geometry of high banks and sudden, cool hollows that remain damp long after the summer rains have retreated.
Amite County took its initial shape during the early nineteenth century, fashioned from the territorial lands that drew settlers seeking the promise of fertile soil and timber. The administrative center emerged as a central point of governance, chosen to harmonize the needs of a scattered, agrarian population whose lives were tethered to the seasonal cycles of planting and harvest. The architecture of the county seat reflects a deliberate, quiet permanence, with brick structures that have weathered the damp heat of many decades, their surfaces absorbing the gray, muted colors of the afternoon sky. It is a place where the social order was once dictated by the slow, deliberate pace of the mule-drawn plow, leaving behind a legacy of courthouse squares and wide, unhurried thoroughfares that suggest a time when the horizon was the primary measure of one’s world.
Agriculture and forestry provide the current pulse of the county, as the economy remains tied to the cultivation of timber and the maintenance of open pastureland. The character of the region is defined by a quiet, self-contained industry, where the sound of a distant chainsaw or the low rumble of a grain truck marks the passage of the day against a backdrop of deep, unchanging greenery. Residents maintain a private, observant way of life, finding satisfaction in the maintenance of family land and the subtle shifts in the weather that dictate the health of the pines. There is a particular clarity to the evening here, when the heat finally breaks and the air turns thin and sharp, revealing the stark, honest contours of a landscape that asks for little more than the labor of those who choose to remain.
Cities and Towns in Amite County
About This Amite County Map Page
This page provides an interactive map of Amite County, Mississippi alongside links to detailed street maps for 2 cities and towns. The county seat is Liberty. 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 |
