Bethlehem Mississippi Map

About Bethlehem, Mississippi

Bethlehem is a locality in Marshall County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 319. The population density is 31.8 people per km². Bethlehem is located at 34.5784°N, 89.3276°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 38659.

Bethlehem occupies a quiet intersection of northern Mississippi where the heavy, humid air seems to slow the very passage of the sun. It lies 18.3 miles northeast of Oxford, MS (from Oxford, MS: bearing 37°T), and is situated 19.1 miles west-northwest of New Albany. The landscape around Bethlehem defines itself through a persistent, verdant density, marked by the encroaching shadows of the Holly Springs National Forest that brushes against the local perimeter. Potts Creek carves a thin, reflective vein through the silt and clay of the earth, providing a persistent moisture that feeds the kudzu vines as they climb toward the tree line. Only twenty-eight miles to the east, the hazy, muted silhouette of Cemetery Ridge anchors the horizon, offering a distant sense of permanence to a terrain that otherwise feels fluid and shifting under the weight of summer heat.

Hardwood stands and scattered agricultural plots define the economic pulse of Bethlehem, where the labor of the soil remains a quiet, daily rhythm passed down through generations. A short distance away, the expansive, still surface of Sardis Lake catches the amber light of late afternoon, acting as a calm reservoir for the surrounding woodland. The history of the area is not written in grand monuments, but in the way the local architecture keeps low to the ground, adapting to the stubborn humidity and the long, quiet afternoons that define the region. Life in Bethlehem moves with a deliberate, unadorned pace, reflecting a culture that values the endurance of the land over the frantic pace of the modern world.

About This Bethlehem Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bethlehem, Mississippi. Coordinates: 34.578434, -89.327575. 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 Bethlehem includes the ZIP code (38659), telephone area code (601, 769), county seat of Marshall County (Holly Springs), and school district assignment (Marshall 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.