Ashland Mississippi Map

About Ashland, Mississippi

Ashland is a locality in Benton County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 551. The population density is 116.6 people per km². Ashland is located at 34.8341°N, 89.1777°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ashland is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 39113, 39096, 38603.

Ashland occupies a quiet expanse of northern Mississippi where the earth is defined by the steady, persistent movement of Rhoden Creek. It lies 37.7 miles north-northeast of Oxford, MS (from Oxford, MS: bearing 31°T), and is situated 16.1 miles east-northeast of Holly Springs. The landscape here is characterized by the soft, worn contours of the landscape, where Rogers Hill rises three miles to the horizon and Robinson Bottom stretches out six miles away, carving a subtle depression into the soil. Within two miles, the dense, untamed growth of the Holly Springs National Forest begins to assert its influence, drawing the eye toward a canopy that feels ancient and undisturbed. Three miles distant, the waters of Pleasant Hill Lake settle into the lowlands, reflecting a sky that often turns a bruised, heavy purple as the sun slips behind the trees. The air here holds a particular weight, smelling of damp earth and decaying leaves, a scent that clings to the skin long after the heat of the day has receded into the deep, cooling shadows of the pines.

Ashland serves as the administrative center for Benton County, a role that anchors the daily lives of residents to the slow, deliberate turn of the courthouse clock. The economy remains tethered to the land, rooted in the legacy of agriculture and the quiet persistence of local commerce that has sustained families for generations. While the Holly Springs Ranger District lies sixteen miles away, its presence is felt in the timber and the quiet, deliberate pace of life that persists despite the shifting tides of the modern world. There is a distinct rhythm to the streets, a pattern of coming and going that ignores the frantic speed of larger centers, favoring instead the steady, predictable pulse of a place that understands its own boundaries. History here is not a polished museum exhibit but a layering of soil and memory, evident in the way the wind moves through the surrounding fields and the way the light catches the dust on a porch at dusk.

About This Ashland Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ashland, Mississippi. Coordinates: 34.834119, -89.177741. 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 Ashland includes the ZIP code (39113, 39096, 38603), telephone area code (601, 769), county seat of Benton County (Ashland), and school district assignment (Benton 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.