Ecru Mississippi Map

About Ecru, Mississippi

Ecru is a locality in Pontotoc County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 901. The population density is 73.8 people per km². Ecru is located at 34.3532°N, 89.0231°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ecru is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 38841.

Ecru occupies a quiet reach of the north Mississippi landscape, where the earth holds the deep, heavy color of iron-rich clay. It lies 19.4 miles west-northwest of Tupelo, MS (from Tupelo, MS: bearing 290°T), and is situated 9.8 miles south of New Albany. The horizon here is defined by the subtle, persistent rise of the land, stretching toward the distant silhouette of Birmingham Ridge, while the lower ground gives way to the damp, cooling shadows of Cherry Bottom. Sunlight in Ecru possesses a singular, thick quality during the late afternoon, filtering through the dense stands of pine and hardwood to cast long, amber-hued barrens across the fields. Only a mile away, the dark, slow-moving waters of Lappatubby Creek define the local drainage, carving a path through the soil that has dictated the movement of wildlife and the habits of the land for generations.

Ecru maintains a pace dictated by the seasonal cycles of the harvest and the persistent, quiet labor of those who work the inland soil. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythmic demands of agriculture and the supporting trades that keep the machinery of the fields in motion. Residents often look toward the managed expanses of the Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ms for a sense of quietude, or find the water at Pontotoc Lake a steady companion during the humid, stillness-heavy weeks of midsummer. History here is not found in grand monuments, but in the enduring utility of the crossroads and the way the light catches the dust on a porch at dusk, signaling a community that measures its progress by the health of the crops and the steady, unadorned endurance of its people.

About This Ecru Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ecru, Mississippi. Coordinates: 34.35316, -89.023119. 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 Ecru includes the ZIP code (38841), telephone area code (662), county seat of Pontotoc County (Pontotoc), and school district assignment (Pontotoc County Schools).

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.