Anguilla Mississippi Map

About Anguilla, Mississippi

Anguilla is a locality in Sharkey County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 496. The population density is 185.2 people per km². Anguilla is located at 32.9740°N, 90.8245°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Anguilla is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 38721.

Anguilla sits amidst the vast, level expanse of the Mississippi Delta, where the horizon stretches wide and unencumbered under a heavy, moisture-laden sky. It lies 25.6 miles west-northwest of Yazoo City, MS (from Yazoo City, MS: bearing 289°T), and is situated 5.6 miles north-northeast of Rolling Fork. Deer Creek traces a serpentine path through the landscape, its slow-moving waters reflecting the deep emerald of the surrounding cotton fields and the occasional stand of cypress. The soil here, dark and alluvial, dictates the geometry of the land, creating a terrain defined by the quiet persistence of agricultural labor. During the humid peak of summer, the air thickens with the scent of damp earth and blooming kudzu, while the light at dusk turns a bruised, singular gold that clings to the flat plains long after the sun has dipped below the edge of the world.

Anguilla bears the weight of a long history tied to the rhythm of the harvest, its economy historically rooted in the productivity of the surrounding bottomlands. The presence of the Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge just a few miles away offers a protected sanctuary for migratory birds, contrasting the intensive cultivation of the fields with the untamed character of the wetlands. Life in Anguilla follows the slow, deliberate pace of the seasons, marked by the mechanical hum of tractors and the persistent, quiet growth of the nearby Delta National Forest. Residents move with an awareness of the land’s cycles, finding a stark, honest beauty in the way the shadows lengthen across the open acreage as evening settles over the Delta.

About This Anguilla Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Anguilla, Mississippi. Coordinates: 32.974016, -90.824544. 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 Anguilla includes the ZIP code (38721), telephone area code (662), county seat of Sharkey County (Rolling Fork), and school district assignment (South Delta 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.