Bolivar, Mississippi — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live National Weather Service conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Bolivar, Bolivar County.
| City | Bolivar |
| State | Mississippi (MS) |
| County | Bolivar |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 33.659834 |
| Longitude | -91.053164 |
| Population | 59 |
| Density | 65.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
Bolivar is a locality in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 59. The population density is 65.9 people per km². Bolivar is located at 33.6598°N, 91.0532°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 38725.
Bolivar sits low in the Mississippi Delta, where the land stretches flat and endless, a canvas of rich, dark earth that seems to absorb the sky. It lies 17.3 miles north of Greenville, MS (from Greenville, MS: bearing 2°T), and is situated 2.6 miles west-north-west of Benoit. The air here hangs heavy, humid and thick with the scent of damp soil and the distant perfume of cotton blossoms, especially in the languid embrace of a summer afternoon. Great, ancient oaks, their limbs draped with Spanish moss like tattered grey shrouds, stand as stoic sentinels along the infrequent roads, their roots gripping the alluvial plain with a tenacity born of centuries. The light at dusk is a profound, bruised purple, bleeding into the horizon, making the vast fields of ripening corn and soybeans glow with an almost otherworldly luminescence before succumbing to the profound, star-dusted darkness of the rural night. The history of Bolivar is inextricably linked to the fertile soil that defines its existence, a legacy of agriculture that has shaped its economy and its people for generations. Cotton, of course, was king for so long, its white harvest once the lifeblood of this place, and though its dominance has waned, the spirit of the agrarian life still pulses. Today, soybeans and rice share the fertile ground, their emerald and golden hues a familiar sight under the wide, often cloud-streaked sky. The quietude of Bolivar is not an absence of life, but a different kind of rhythm, one dictated by the turning of seasons and the steady, persistent work of the land, a testament to the enduring spirit of those who have called this Mississippi soil home.
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This page provides an interactive Google map of Bolivar, Mississippi with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Bolivar and Bolivar County. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Bolivar is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Bolivar is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |