Benton Mississippi Map

About Benton, Mississippi

Benton is a locality in Yazoo County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 415. The population density is 35.1 people per km². Benton is located at 32.8265°N, 90.2595°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 39039.

Benton occupies a quiet stretch of earth where the landscape swells into low, persistent ridges that catch the heavy, golden light of late afternoon. It lies 8.7 miles east-southeast of Yazoo City, MS (from Yazoo City, MS: bearing 103°T), and is situated 19.6 miles northwest of Canton. Walesheba Creek cuts a narrow, winding path through the heavy silt, its waters moving with a deliberate, muddy patience that dictates the slow pace of the surrounding woods. Beyond the immediate canopy, the terrain opens into fields where the soil retains the heat of the day long after the sun has slipped behind the western horizon. Eight miles away, the quiet expanse of Unknown Park offers a sanctuary of unmanaged thickets and pine, while Catfish Lake sits thirteen miles to the distance, a singular, still mirror reflecting the expansive Mississippi sky.

Agriculture remains the quiet pulse of Benton, a tradition etched into the furrows of the fields and the weathered wood of the older structures that line the road. The economy here is measured in the seasonal turn of crops and the steady, unsentimental labor required to coax a living from the earth. Local history lingers in the gaps between the modern outbuildings and the remnants of older architecture, suggesting a narrative composed of long summers and the persistent, quiet endurance of those who stay. Life in Benton moves with the predictable, heavy gravity of a pendulum, indifferent to the frantic speed of the outside world, favoring instead the deep, resonant silence that settles over the plains when the day finally yields to the dark.

About This Benton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Benton, Mississippi. Coordinates: 32.826522, -90.259533. 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 Benton includes the ZIP code (39039), telephone area code (601, 769), county seat of Yazoo County (Yazoo City), and school district assignment (Yazoo 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.