Benndale Mississippi Map

About Benndale, Mississippi

Benndale is a locality in George County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 65. The population density is 16.6 people per km². Benndale is located at 30.8716°N, 88.8070°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 39452.

Benndale marks a quiet convergence where the dark, silt-heavy waters of Mill Creek cut a path through the dense pine thickets of the interior. It lies 31.2 miles north of D'Iberville, MS (from D'Iberville, MS: bearing 9°T), and is situated 19.5 miles east of Wiggins. The landscape rises into the subtle, weathered elevations of the Whiskey Creek Hills, which cast long, violet shadows across the pine needles as the sun dips low. Beyond these slopes, the earth flattens into the expansive, hushed stretches of the De Soto National Forest, where the air hangs thick and heavy with the scent of damp loam and resin. It is a place where light filters through the canopy in thin, dusty shafts, illuminating the quiet persistence of a land that remains largely indifferent to the frantic pace of the outside world.

Benndale bears the quiet imprint of a timber-driven history, where the economy was long defined by the rhythmic bite of the saw and the slow haul of logs from the surrounding woodlands. The proximity of the De Soto National Forest continues to shape the character of the residents, who move with a deliberate, measured gait that mirrors the slow drift of water in the nearby creek beds. While the distant, elusive sprawl of Reed Flat lies to the west and the stillness of Hog Pond sits miles away in the brush, the local life remains anchored to the immediate, tangible reality of the forest floor and the turning of the seasons. Here, the passage of time is measured not by clocks, but by the deepening green of the pines and the steady, unyielding growth of the timber that anchors Benndale to the soil.

About This Benndale Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Benndale, Mississippi. Coordinates: 30.871578, -88.806979. 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 Benndale includes the ZIP code (39452), telephone area code (601), county seat of George County (Lucedale), and school district assignment (George 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.