Big Creek Mississippi Map

About Big Creek, Mississippi

Big Creek is a locality in Calhoun County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 133. The population density is 45.2 people per km². Big Creek is located at 33.8526°N, 89.4112°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Big Creek is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 38914.

Big Creek emerges from the red-clay earth as a quiet confluence of deep-rooted woodlands and sun-drenched fields. It lies 23.5 miles east-northeast of Grenada, MS (from Grenada, MS: bearing 76°T), and is situated 31.4 miles northeast of Winona. The landscape stretches in gentle, undulating swells, where the humid air hangs heavy with the scent of pine and damp soil, and the light at dusk turns the dusty roads into ribbons of burnished copper. A mile to the west, Lickup Creek carves a persistent path through the underbrush, its waters moving with a deliberate, muddy grace that mirrors the slow tempo of the surrounding woods. Beyond the immediate canopy, Crescent Ridge defines the distant horizon, a subtle, jagged line against the pale sky that anchors the geography of the region.

Big Creek remains tethered to the rhythms of agriculture and the quiet endurance of its inhabitants, who have long worked the timber and the soil of the surrounding Calhoun County Wildlife Management Area. The local economy relies on the steady, methodical harvesting of the land, a practice that has persisted through generations, leaving the small settlement to exist in a state of watchful patience. To the north, the waters of Martin Lakes offer a stillness that contrasts with the seasonal bustle of the fields, providing a quiet space where the land seems to hold its breath. Life here is defined by the small, necessary labors of the day, where the passage of time is marked not by clocks, but by the slow, seasonal turning of the woods and the persistent, quiet growth of the pines.

About This Big Creek Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Big Creek, Mississippi. Coordinates: 33.852615, -89.411187. 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 Big Creek includes the ZIP code (38914), telephone area code (228), county seat of Calhoun County (Pittsboro), and school district assignment (Calhoun 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.