Ellisville Mississippi Map

About Ellisville, Mississippi

Ellisville is a locality in Jones County, Mississippi, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,652. The population density is 172.0 people per km². Ellisville is located at 31.5973°N, 89.2103°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ellisville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 39437.

Ellisville emerges from a landscape defined by the modest, persistent flow of the Basie Branch, which carves a quiet path through the pine-thickened earth of the Piney Woods. It lies 7.3 miles south-southwest of Laurel, MS (from Laurel, MS: bearing 212°T), and is situated 19.9 miles north-northeast of Hattiesburg. The ground here swells into the gentle rise of Buffalo Hill, providing a vantage point where the light at dusk settles in heavy, golden layers over the surrounding timberland. Beyond the immediate canopy, the terrain stretches out in a series of wooded undulations that keep the horizon closed and intimate, far removed from the wide, salt-heavy expanses of the distant coast. Residents often find their way toward the quiet perimeter of Unknown Park, where the stillness of the woods offers a respite from the humid, lingering heat of the afternoon.

Ellisville carries the weight of a long-settled interior, its economy shaped by the enduring cycles of timber and the slow, deliberate turn of agricultural life. History persists in the architecture of older storefronts and the shadow of the courthouse, which serves as a gravitational center for the daily commerce of the region. While the modern pace has quickened, the town maintains a connection to the stillness of its environment, occasionally drawing travelers toward the reflective, dark waters of Lake Bogue Homo for a moment of solitude. The atmosphere remains grounded in the soil and the seasonal rhythms of the local flora, where the scent of damp pine needles and earth defines the change of the year more clearly than any calendar.

About This Ellisville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ellisville, Mississippi. Coordinates: 31.597277, -89.210269. 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 Ellisville includes the ZIP code (39437), telephone area code (601), county seat of Jones County (Ellisville), and school district assignment (Jones County 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.