Friars Point Mississippi Map

About Friars Point, Mississippi

Friars Point is a locality in Coahoma County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 896. The population density is 314.5 people per km². Friars Point is located at 34.3668°N, 90.6376°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Friars Point is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 38631.

Friars Point emerges from the flat, alluvial expanse of the Delta, where the Big Sunflower River carves a sluggish, sinuous path through the heavy, dark soil. It lies 12.1 miles north-northwest of Clarksdale, MS (from Clarksdale, MS: bearing 342°T), and is situated 11.5 miles south-southwest of Helena-West Helena. The landscape here is defined by an absolute horizontality, a vast stretch of farmland that seems to hold the sky in an embrace of humid, golden light. Far from the reach of any coastline, the air carries the scent of damp earth and ripening crops rather than salt, and the horizon remains unbroken by the shadows of distant peaks like Morrells Hill. During the quiet hours of dusk, the light catches the moisture in the air, casting a violet haze over the fields and turning the surface of the Big Sunflower River into a ribbon of hammered pewter.

Friars Point traces its lineage to the days when the river served as the primary artery for commerce and cotton, anchoring a local economy that remains deeply tethered to the rhythms of the plantation and the harvest. The architectural remnants of brick storefronts reflect a time when the movement of goods dictated the survival of the settlement, long before the modern era smoothed the edges of daily labor. Residents might look toward the stillness of Old Town Lake six miles away or the protected quietude of Freedom Park ten miles distant for a reprieve from the heat, yet the character of the place is forged in the intensity of its work and the endurance of its people. Even the nearby indentation of Modoc Crevasse serves as a reminder of the land’s capacity for sudden, deep change, grounding the identity of Friars Point in the persistent, unyielding nature of the Delta earth.

About This Friars Point Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Friars Point, Mississippi. Coordinates: 34.366772, -90.637604. 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 Friars Point includes the ZIP code (38631), telephone area code (601, 769), county seat of Coahoma County (Clarksdale), and school district assignment (Coahoma 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.