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Braxton Mississippi Map

Explore Braxton, Mississippi, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Braxton, Mississippi

How to Use This Braxton, Mississippi Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Braxton, Mississippi. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Mississippi or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Braxton.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Braxton
State	Mississippi (MS)
County	Simpson County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	32.025154
Longitude	-89.970359
Population	186
Density	121.9 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	39044
Area Code	601, 769
County Seat	Mendenhall
School District	Simpson County School District

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About Braxton, Mississippi

Braxton is a locality in Simpson County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 186. The population density is 121.9 people per km². Braxton is located at 32.0252°N, 89.9704°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Braxton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 39044.

Braxton anchors itself firmly within the humid, verdant expanse of the Mississippi landscape, defined primarily by the slow, deliberate pulse of Sanders Creek as it carves a winding path through the soil. It lies 17.2 miles south of Brandon, MS (from Brandon, MS: bearing 177°T), and is situated 7.3 miles northwest of Mendenhall. The terrain unfolds in a series of subtle elevations and dense, wooded corridors, where the heavy, moisture-laden air clings to the thickets of kudzu and the hanging gray veils of Spanish moss. Sunlight here possesses a syrupy, golden weight during the late afternoon, thickening as it filters through the canopy to illuminate the dust motes dancing over the dark, nutrient-rich earth. Beyond the immediate banks of the creek, the horizon remains flat and expansive, a testament to the quiet persistence of a land that measures time by the growth of pine and the seasonal reclamation of the wilderness.

History in Braxton remains etched into the foundational patterns of trade and agriculture that have long sustained the local economy, favoring timber and the steady output of regional crops over the frantic pace of industrial centers. The lives of the people move in synchronicity with the land, an inheritance of labor and patience that looks toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Indian Mound Hill as a permanent, silent watcher over the fields. While the recreational stillness of Hemphill Park or the quiet waters of Little Lake offer departures from the day-to-day, the character of Braxton is forged in the communal experience of the harvest and the enduring strength of its local industry. Here, the hum of daily activity is punctuated by the rhythmic rustle of wind through the hardwoods, a sound that persists long after the sun has retreated behind the trees.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hemphill Park (Local Recreation) — 12.1 mi, 310° NW
Shiloh Park (Local Park) — 16.3 mi, 000° N
Firefighter Memorial (Monument) — 17.0 mi, 335° NW
Rankin County Confederate Monument (Monument) — 17.2 mi, 357° N
Bienville National Forest (National Forest) — 17.2 mi, 083° E · 180k acres
Woodmen Of The World (Monument) — 22.5 mi, 327° NW
Old Capitol Museum (Museum) — 22.6 mi, 327° NW
Fallen Fire Fighters Memorial (Public Artwork) — 22.6 mi, 327° NW
Arts Center of Mississippi (Museum) — 22.6 mi, 326° NW
International Museum of Muslim Cultures (Museum) — 22.7 mi, 326° NW
Lefleur's Bluff State Park (State Park) — 22.8 mi, 334° NW
The Oaks House Museum (Museum) — 23.0 mi, 328° NW
Smith Robertson Museum and Cultural Center (Museum) — 23.1 mi, 327° NW
Lakeland Youth Baseball Field (State Recreation Area) — 23.6 mi, 334° NW
Smith-Wills Stadium (Stadium) — 24.0 mi, 334° NW
Roosevelt State Park (State Park) — 25.9 mi, 040° NE
Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument (National Monument) — 26.0 mi, 327° NW · 1 acres
Boyd Mound (Historic Ruins) — 30.1 mi, 349° N
Boyd Mounds (Historic Ruins) — 30.1 mi, 349° N
Bienville Wma (State Conservation Area) — 30.4 mi, 039° NE
James S. George Overlook (Viewpoint) — 33.4 mi, 194° S
Pearl River Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 34.2 mi, 003° N
Pearl River State Waterfowl Refuge (Nature Reserve) — 34.8 mi, 002° N
Homochitto National Forest (National Forest) — 43.5 mi, 243° SW · 192k acres
Laurel Little Theatre (Theatre) — 54.3 mi, 115° SE
Mangum Site (Attraction) — 54.5 mi, 268° W
USS Cairo (Attraction) — 57.7 mi, 295° NW
Sunken Trace (Attraction) — 57.9 mi, 267° W
Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 60.8 mi, 323° NW · 66k acres
Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 74.4 mi, 282° W · 156k acres

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