Crosby Mississippi Map

About Crosby, Mississippi

Crosby is a locality in Amite County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 245. The population density is 50.5 people per km². Crosby is located at 31.2838°N, 91.0632°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 39633.

Crosby lies low in the humid embrace of Amite County, a place where the air hangs thick and sweet with the scent of pine and damp earth, especially after a summer rain. It lies 50.4 miles north of Central, LA (from Central, LA: bearing 358°T), and is situated 6.5 miles north-north-west of Gloster. The land rolls with a gentle, persistent swell, not dramatic peaks or valleys, but a constant, subtle rise and fall that makes the horizon always seem just a little further off. Old growth pines, their bark rough and fissured like ancient skin, stand sentinel over scattered fields of soybeans and corn, their green a vibrant hum against the deeper, shadowy greens of the hardwood bottoms. The sky here feels vast, a canvas for clouds that drift lazily, sometimes gathering into bruised, dramatic formations that promise a deluge, other times parting to let through shafts of sunlight that turn the dust motes dancing in the air into a fleeting, golden snow. The history of Crosby is etched into the very grain of the land, a quiet testament to generations who worked this soil. Once a hub for lumber and sawmills, the echoes of that industry can still be felt in the sturdy, unpretentious buildings that line the main thoroughfare, and in the way the locals speak with a slow, deliberate cadence, a rhythm shaped by the seasons and the demands of the land. The economy still leans on agriculture, with the steady pulse of tractors a familiar sound on crisp autumn mornings, and the occasional delivery truck rumbling through bearing the bounty of the fields. There's a deep-rooted sense of community in Crosby, a shared understanding that comes from living in a place where everyone knows your name, and where the passage of time is measured not by hurried clocks, but by the slow, unfolding story of the earth itself.

About This Crosby Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Crosby, Mississippi — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 31.283783, -91.06316. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Crosby and Amite County.

Detailed location data for Crosby includes the ZIP code (39633), telephone area code (228), county seat of Amite County (Liberty), and school district assignment (Amite County School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Crosby is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.