Bassfield Mississippi Map

About Bassfield, Mississippi

Bassfield is a locality in Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 192. The population density is 74.1 people per km². Bassfield is located at 31.4966°N, 89.7395°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Bassfield is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 39421.

Bassfield defines the landscape where the pine-scented air of the interior plains meets the slow, deliberate current of the Black Creek. It lies 29.0 miles west-northwest of Hattiesburg, MS (from Hattiesburg, MS: bearing 294°T), and is situated 17.9 miles north-northeast of Columbia. The terrain here holds a quiet gravity, characterized by earth that ranges from deep, iron-rich red to a sandy, pale loam, shaped by the persistent drainage of the local water table. In the late afternoon, the light filters through the dense canopy of hardwoods and longleaf pines, casting long, amber shadows that soften the edges of the fields and clearings. While the horizon remains flat and expansive, the land feels settled and ancient, a place where the stillness of the woods is broken only by the occasional rustle of wildlife moving toward the cool, shaded banks of the creek.

Bassfield occupies a space shaped by the legacy of the timber industry and the steady, enduring work of local agriculture. The rhythm of the days here is dictated by the turning seasons rather than the frantic pace of the outside world, as residents maintain a connection to the soil that has sustained families for generations. For those seeking the quiet solitude of the natural world, the path toward the Unknown Field provides a reprieve from the modern bustle, offering a glimpse of the region’s untamed character. Though the nearest horizon-marker, Hub Hill, sits far enough away to remain a hazy suggestion of elevation, and the waters of Lake Columbia are a distant destination, the life of Bassfield remains firmly rooted in the immediate, tangible reality of its own woods, roads, and persistent, slow-moving streams.

About This Bassfield Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bassfield, Mississippi. Coordinates: 31.496559, -89.73952. 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 Bassfield includes the ZIP code (39421), telephone area code (601), county seat of Jefferson Davis County (Prentiss), and school district assignment (Jefferson Davis 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.