Falkner Mississippi Map

About Falkner, Mississippi

Falkner is a locality in Tippah County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 437. The population density is 33.3 people per km². Falkner is located at 34.8393°N, 88.9484°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Falkner is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 38629.

Falkner anchors itself to the humid, clay-heavy earth of northern Mississippi, where the low-slung horizon is defined by the winding path of Muddy Creek. It lies 24.2 miles west-southwest of Corinth, MS (from Corinth, MS: bearing 255°T), and is situated 7.8 miles north of Ripley. The landscape shifts from the flat, moisture-rich basins into a series of broken, wooded rises that climb toward the distant outline of Elam Ridge. Sunlight filters through the dense canopy of the Holly Springs National Forest, casting a bruised, violet light over the undergrowth as evening approaches. Three miles from the quiet stillness of Tippah County Lake, the air carries a heavy, static weight, smelling of damp loam and the slow, inevitable decay of fallen timber that characterizes the deep interior of the continent.

Falkner grew from the iron veins of the railroad, a legacy of commerce that once pulled the wealth of timber and seasonal harvests from the surrounding soil. While the economy has softened from its industrial peak, the rhythm of daily life remains tethered to the cycles of the earth and the modest industry of the surrounding fields. Seven miles away, the low-lying expanse of White Oak Bottom serves as a reminder of the shifting topography that has long dictated where settlers might carve a living out of the stubborn dirt. The people here move with a deliberate, measured pace, acknowledging the weight of a history that is buried in the root systems of the oaks and the muddy banks of the local streams, where the stillness of the afternoon is broken only by the sharp, rhythmic call of a distant hawk.

About This Falkner Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Falkner, Mississippi. Coordinates: 34.839349, -88.948409. 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 Falkner includes the ZIP code (38629), telephone area code (601, 769), county seat of Tippah County (Ripley), and school district assignment (North Tippah 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.