Carthage Mississippi Map

About Carthage, Mississippi

Carthage is a locality in Adams County, Mississippi, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,901. The population density is 203.6 people per km². Carthage is located at 32.7442°N, 89.5335°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Carthage is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 39120, 39051.

Carthage endures as a quiet convergence of red-clay earth and the persistent, slow-moving pulse of Saint Catherine Creek. It lies 3.4 miles southwest of Natchez, MS (from Natchez, MS: bearing 227°T), and is situated 2.9 miles south-southwest of Vidalia. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness that seems to press against the tall pines, while the light at dusk turns the local landscape into a palette of bruised purples and deep, umber shadows. Only twenty-two miles to the west, the faint, jagged silhouette of Independent Ridge breaks the flat horizon, a distant reminder of the shifting geology that shaped this inland basin. Just two miles away, the quiet surface of Whitehall Lake reflects the sky, offering a mirror to the dense woodland that defines the perimeter of the St. Catherine Creek National Wildlife Refuge.

Carthage functions as a working landscape where the economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the soil and the industrial output of the surrounding timber and agricultural tracts. The legacy of the region is written in the sturdy brick facades of its center, where the pace of life favors long afternoons and the deliberate exchange of news over the hurried demands of modern commerce. Residents move with an awareness of the St. Catherine Creek National Wildlife Refuge, a sanctuary that keeps the wilder instincts of the forest close to the edge of the residential grid. Even as the decades have reshaped the local workforce, the spirit of the place remains anchored to the land, finding a steady, quiet continuity in the way the shadows lengthen across the fields at the end of every day.

About This Carthage Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Carthage, Mississippi. Coordinates: 32.744227, -89.533452. 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 Carthage includes the ZIP code (39120, 39051), telephone area code (601, 769), county seat of Adams County (Natchez), and school district assignment (Leake 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.