Clarke County, Mississippi Map
Explore Clarke County, Mississippi with this interactive street and satellite map. Browse all 4 cities and towns in Clarke County below.
Interactive Map of Clarke County, Mississippi
| County | Clarke |
| State | Mississippi (MS) |
| County Seat | Quitman |
| Country | United States of America |
| Latitude | 31.978624 |
| Longitude | -88.756433 |
| Cities & Towns | 4 |
| Area Codes | 601 |
About Clarke County, Mississippi
Clarke County occupies a stretch of East Mississippi where the earth shifts from the heavy black soils of the interior toward the pine-dense ridges of the coastal plain. The Chickasawhay River serves as the primary artery of the landscape, carving a path through the terrain and dictating the way the forest thickens in the lowlands. Here, the light at dusk possesses a singular quality, catching the suspended moisture in the air until the atmosphere turns the color of bruised plums and the shadows of loblolly pines stretch across the sandy wash of the riverbanks. It is a land defined by the intersection of these slow-moving waterways and the dissected plateaus that break the horizon, creating a geography that feels less like a flat expanse and more like a series of quiet, hidden basins held in the palm of the pines.
Clarke County emerged from the ancestral lands of the Choctaw people, officially organized as the state’s population pushed eastward during the early nineteenth century. The political center was established at a site chosen for its proximity to the river, a necessity for the commerce of timber and agriculture that defined the early settlers' survival. The architecture of the county seat reflects a period when brick was fired locally and masonry was a language of permanence, intended to anchor a civilization against the encroaching humidity and the rapid growth of tangled vines. These early structures hold the heat of the afternoon sun well into the evening, radiating a dry, baked warmth that seems to seep into the very marrow of the streets, reminding any observer that the town was built by men who expected their work to outlast the ephemeral nature of the frontier.
Labor here remains tied to the cycles of the forest and the earth, with the economy turning on the extraction of timber and the maintenance of agricultural plots that have been worked for generations. The character of the place is defined by a deep, observant silence, a quietude that settles over the porches and the wood-frame storefronts during the heat of midday. There is a distinct texture to life in this corner of the state, where the scent of sawdust and damp loam hangs heavy in the air and the wind in the needles creates a sound like distant, rushing water. Residents move with a deliberate pace, acknowledging the weight of the heat and the demands of the land, finding a sense of order in the steady, recurring tasks that mark the passage of the seasons in a landscape that neither asks for nor offers any easy grace.
Cities and Towns in Clarke County
About This Clarke County Map Page
This page provides an interactive map of Clarke County, Mississippi alongside links to detailed street maps for 4 cities and towns. The county seat is Quitman. Each city and town map page includes live weather, local news and precise GPS coordinates.
The Search Maps button below the county map opens USGS topographic maps and aerial imagery as base layers, with a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a single-fix GPS readout giving your USNG grid reference and latitude and longitude.
Location data is sourced from the USGS GNIS database and verified by coordinates, not name matching alone.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | USGS GNIS database; coordinates matched to 2020 US Census records |
