Bolivar Mississippi Map

About Bolivar, Mississippi

Bolivar is a locality in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 39. The population density is 60.2 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 emerges from the expansive, level plains of the Delta as a quiet study in persistence and flat, fertile horizon. It lies 17.3 miles north of Greenville, MS (from Greenville, MS: bearing 2°T), and is situated 19.7 miles west-southwest of Cleveland. Deer Creek traces a meandering path through the landscape, its slow, dark waters reflecting the heavy, humid sky and the dense thickets that line its banks. To the east, the silhouette of Egypt Ridge breaks the monotony of the plain, standing as a distant, earthen sentinel against the sun-bleached fields. Lake Bolivar sits as a still, glassy centerpiece to the immediate surroundings, holding the light of the late afternoon in its shallow basin. The air here holds a weight of damp earth and growing things, a stillness that seems to amplify the rustle of leaves and the distant, rhythmic hum of agricultural machinery.

Bolivar carries a history etched into the deep, dark soil that has long dictated the patterns of labor and life for generations. The economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the fields, where the cultivation of cotton and grains provides the primary pulse of commerce. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the Delta Experimental Forest stands sixteen miles away, representing a legacy of land management and scientific inquiry into the region's botanical diversity. Residents often look toward Choctaw Island, a nearby wildlife area that preserves a pocket of the natural world, offering a reprieve from the structured order of the surrounding farmlands. Life in Bolivar unfolds with a deliberate, measured pace, defined by the seasonal cycles of the earth and a quiet, enduring connection to the landscape that has shaped its identity for over a century.

About This Bolivar Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Bolivar, Mississippi. Coordinates: 33.659834, -91.053164. 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 Bolivar includes the ZIP code (38725), telephone area code (662), county seat of Bolivar County (Cleveland), and school district assignment (West Bolivar Consolidated 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.