Delta City Mississippi Map

About Delta City, Mississippi

Delta City is a locality in Sharkey County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 70. The population density is 11.3 people per km². Delta City is located at 33.0740°N, 90.7951°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 39159, 39061.

Delta City emerges from the flat, alluvial expanse as a quiet intersection of earth and sky where the horizon stretches thin and pale against the heat. It lies 27.2 miles northwest of Yazoo City, MS (from Yazoo City, MS: bearing 304°T), and is situated 7.4 miles south-southeast of Hollandale. Fish Bayou snakes through the low-lying silt just a mile to the west, its dark waters moving with a deliberate, heavy stillness that mirrors the thick, humid air of the plains. To the north, the terrain dips into the subtle, verdant depressions of Little Basin, while the distant, jagged silhouette of Backbone Ridge marks the far western limit of the view. The landscape here is defined by the relentless leveling of the soil, a vast, open theater where the evening light turns the dust into a fine, golden haze, settling over the fields like a shroud of amber.

Delta City owes its quiet endurance to the rhythm of the surrounding acreage, where the economy remains bound to the cycles of the furrowed ground and the seasonal yields of the harvest. Six miles out, the Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge preserves a sanctuary of wetlands and canopy, a stark contrast to the cleared, productive fields that define the regional character. Life moves with an unforced gravity, shaped by the legacy of laborers who worked this heavy clay and the enduring influence of the land itself upon the local temperament. Those who remain here are attuned to the shifting shadows of the afternoon, watching as the sun drops behind the distant trees, leaving the quiet streets of Delta City to cool in the lengthening, violet gloom.

About This Delta City Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Delta City, Mississippi. Coordinates: 33.074013, -90.795098. 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 Delta City includes the ZIP code (39159, 39061), telephone area code (601, 769), county seat of Sharkey County (Rolling Fork), and school district assignment (South Delta 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.