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De Kalb Mississippi Map

Explore De Kalb, 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 De Kalb, Mississippi

How to Use This De Kalb, Mississippi Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for De Kalb, 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 De Kalb.

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	De Kalb
State	Mississippi (MS)
County	Kemper County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	32.767633
Longitude	-88.650878
Population	877
Density	102.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	39328
Area Code	601
County Seat	De Kalb
School District	Kemper County School District

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About De Kalb, Mississippi

De Kalb is a locality in Kemper County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 877. The population density is 102.0 people per km². De Kalb is located at 32.7676°N, 88.6509°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. De Kalb is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 39328.

De Kalb emerges from the damp, pine-shadowed earth where the low hum of Snoody Creek cuts a path through the red clay soil. It lies 28.0 miles north of Meridian, MS (from Meridian, MS: bearing 6°T), and is situated 27.1 miles east of Philadelphia. Beneath a sky that often turns the color of a bruised plum at twilight, the landscape stretches out in quiet, undulating waves, interrupted only by the sudden, mirrored surface of Bateman Lake just a few miles from the center. To the west, the distant, hazy silhouette of Potters Ridge anchors the horizon, providing a permanent, jagged edge to the wide, humid expanse of the countryside. Here, the air carries a heavy, sweet scent of damp vegetation and sun-warmed pine needles, a stillness that seems to suspend the very atmosphere in the amber light of a fading afternoon.

De Kalb holds the quiet weight of a regional crossroads, a place where the economy has long been tethered to the slow pulse of timber and the seasonal rhythms of the surrounding woodlands. The architecture reflects a practicality born of generations of endurance, with modest brick storefronts and weathered porches that face the roads leading toward the deeper, wilder terrain of Okatibbee Wma or the quiet depression of Marsh Hollow. Life moves with a deliberate, unhurried gravity, defined by the small, necessary commerce of a county seat and the enduring patterns of those who work the land. It is a place where the history of the soil is spoken in the way the shadows lengthen across the fields, a lingering, persistent presence that feels as ancient and settled as the roots of the forest itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Okatibbee Wma (State Conservation Area) — 14.8 mi, 211° SW
Okatibbee Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 14.9 mi, 211° SW
State-owned Submerged Lands (Resource Management Area) — 16.6 mi, 091° E
Okatibbee Lake (Recreation Area) — 17.9 mi, 210° SW
Nanih Waiya (State Conservation Area) — 18.7 mi, 297° NW
Simmons-Wright1884 Cafe (Attraction) — 26.8 mi, 152° SE
Bonita Lakes Park (Local Park) — 27.8 mi, 179° S
Mississippi Industrial Heritage Museum (Museum) — 27.9 mi, 185° S
Hallie Ward Interiors ft Queen City Art Gallery (Gallery) — 27.9 mi, 186° S
MSU Riley Center (Theatre) — 28.0 mi, 186° S
Wildcat Stadium (Stadium) — 28.3 mi, 133° SE
Mississippi Children's Museum (Museum) — 28.3 mi, 185° S
Canal Place Cinema 7 (Cinema) — 28.4 mi, 270° W
UWA Amphitheater (Theatre) — 29.6 mi, 114° SE
Key Brothers Aviation Museum (Museum) — 30.5 mi, 190° S
Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 31.3 mi, 339° N · 97k acres
Tombigbee National Forest (National Forest) — 34.1 mi, 329° NW · 67k acres
Legion Lake State Park (State Park) — 34.5 mi, 320° NW
Old Bethany Cemetary (Monument) — 36.1 mi, 057° NE
Shark Tooth Creek (Attraction) — 36.2 mi, 060° NE
Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge.Proposed Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 36.5 mi, 348° N · 1,126 acres
Civil Rights Marker (Monument) — 45.0 mi, 084° E
Clarkco State Park (State Park) — 45.5 mi, 183° S
Jacob's Well statue (Monument) — 46.1 mi, 351° N
Greek Column (fallen) (Public Artwork) — 48.1 mi, 351° N
Clock Museum (Museum) — 48.3 mi, 350° N
Oktibbeha County Heritage Museum (Museum) — 48.7 mi, 349° N
Warhouse Drive-In (Cinema) — 49.3 mi, 111° E
Bienville National Forest (National Forest) — 49.9 mi, 225° SW · 180k acres
Columbus Arts Council (Arts Centre) — 51.9 mi, 014° N

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