Duncan Mississippi Map

About Duncan, Mississippi

Duncan is a locality in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 276. The population density is 116.3 people per km². Duncan is located at 34.0446°N, 90.7448°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Duncan is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 38740.

Duncan claims the flat, heavy earth of the Delta, where the horizon stretches thin and taut as a wire under the weight of an immense, heat-hazed sky. It lies 14.6 miles southwest of Clarksdale, MS (from Clarksdale, MS: bearing 223°T), and is situated 18.0 miles west of Tutwiler. The Hushpuckena River moves with a sluggish, deliberate gravity through the alluvial silt, its dark current carving a path that defines the slow drainage of the surrounding fields. Beyond the immediate reach of the soil, the faint, hazy suggestion of Annis Ridge marks the distant edge of the world, while the stillness of the afternoon is broken only by the dry rustle of wind through the tall, unkempt grasses. Nearby, the quiet expanse of Pecan Lake holds the reflection of the clouds, a glassy eye in the landscape that stays unmoved by the frantic pace of the outside world.

Agriculture dictates the pulse of Duncan, as the rhythms of planting and harvest dictate the life of the inhabitants who work the expansive, fertile rows. The legacy of the land is maintained through the stewardship of the Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ms, where the preservation of natural tracts serves as a reminder of the wilder, tangled woods that once dominated this interior plains region. Men and women here navigate a life bound to the cycle of the seasons, finding stability in the persistent, black fiber of the ground that has supported generations of labor. Even as the modern world shifts, the character of Duncan remains anchored to the quiet industry of the fields, a place where the passage of time is measured not in hours, but in the slow, inevitable turn of the earth and the deepening shadows of the long, humid evenings.

About This Duncan Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Duncan, Mississippi. Coordinates: 34.044554, -90.744823. 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 Duncan includes the ZIP code (38740), telephone area code (662), county seat of Bolivar County (Cleveland), and school district assignment (North Bolivar Consolidated 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.