Explore Flora, Mississippi, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Flora, Mississippi. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Mississippi or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Flora.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Flora |
| State | Mississippi (MS) |
| County | Madison County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 32.543196 |
| Longitude | -90.309257 |
| Population | 1,647 |
| Density | 192.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 39071 |
| Area Code | 601, 769 |
| County Seat | Canton |
| School District | Madison County School District |
Flora sits upon a landscape defined by the quiet passage of Town Creek, which carves a modest, humid path through the earth less than a mile from the center of the settlement. It lies 12.6 miles west-northwest of Madison, MS (from Madison, MS: bearing 297°T), and is situated 18.4 miles north-northwest of Jackson. The air here holds a heavy, sun-warmed moisture, lingering over fields where the horizon is defined by the distant, hazy silhouette of Beech Ridge. While the land remains largely inland and far removed from any coastal influence, the terrain is shaped by the slow, deliberate erosion of silt and clay, resulting in a gentle topography that supports dense thickets of hardwood and the sprawling, tangled vines that claim the fence lines. In the cooling light of late afternoon, the shadows of the trees stretch long and thin across the soil, revealing a stillness that seems to suspend the very atmosphere in a golden, amber haze.
History in Flora remains tethered to the iron rails that once dictated the pulse of commerce and the growth of local agriculture, creating a rhythm of life that favors persistence over haste. The economy persists through a blend of small-scale industry and the steady, quiet labor of those who work the surrounding plains, maintaining a connection to the land that has endured for generations. Residents might find respite at the edges of Kearney Park Lake, or perhaps venture toward the greener, managed expanses of Reunion Park, which offers a deliberate contrast to the wilder stretches of the regional woodland. Life in Flora moves with the gravity of a place that understands its own boundaries, where the passage of time is measured not by the arrival of the new, but by the slow, reliable cycle of the seasons turning against the backdrop of the creek.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Flora, Mississippi. Coordinates: 32.543196, -90.309257. 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 Flora includes the ZIP code (39071), telephone area code (601, 769), county seat of Madison County (Canton), and school district assignment (Madison County School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |