Clara Mississippi Map

About Clara, Mississippi

Clara is a locality in Wayne County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 386. The population density is 38.3 people per km². Clara is located at 31.5804°N, 88.6964°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 39367, 39324.

Clara emerges from the quiet, pine-dusted earth where Big Creek carves a slow, meandering path through the landscape. It lies 26.7 miles east-southeast of Laurel, MS (from Laurel, MS: bearing 107°T), and is situated 7.2 miles south-southwest of Waynesboro. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness that clings to the loblolly pines and thickets of kudzu, grounding Clara in a geography defined by the soft, enduring patience of the woods. Only three miles away, the dense, shadowed canopy of De Soto National Forest provides a vast, verdant backdrop, while the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Jane Hills mark the northwestern horizon like a faint, serrated line drawn against the sky. Five miles to the east, the water of Gum Pond remains undisturbed, reflecting the amber light of late afternoon as the sun dips behind the treeline, casting long, lean shadows across the red clay soil.

Economic life in Clara pulses with the steady, cyclical rhythm of timber and agriculture, industries that have anchored the settlement since its inception. The labor of generations remains etched into the local landscape, visible in the weathered barns and the persistent, creeping vines that reclaim abandoned fence lines. Life moves at the pace of the seasons, dictated by the heat of the summer and the damp, cool respite of the winter months, when the scent of woodsmoke drifts through the clearings. This locality maintains a quiet, self-contained character, where the social fabric is stitched together by the shared heritage of the woods and the persistent, quiet work of those who call Clara home.

About This Clara Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Clara, Mississippi. Coordinates: 31.580441, -88.696427. 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 Clara includes the ZIP code (39367, 39324), telephone area code (601), county seat of Wayne County (Waynesboro), and school district assignment (Wayne 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.