Georgetown Mississippi Map

About Georgetown, Mississippi

Georgetown is a locality in Copiah County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 252. The population density is 144.6 people per km². Georgetown is located at 31.8715°N, 90.1645°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Georgetown is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 39078.

Georgetown remains a quiet convergence of pine-shadowed earth and the persistent, humid heat of the Mississippi interior. It lies 21.8 miles south-southeast of Byram, MS (from Byram, MS: bearing 167°T), and is situated 13.8 miles southeast of Crystal Springs. The landscape unfolds in a series of gentle swells and depressions, where the soil holds a deep, rusted iron hue and the vegetation thickens into dense stands of timber. A mile to the west, Copiah Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the silt, its dark water moving with a sluggish, deliberate pace that defines the low-lying hollows of the region. On the far horizon, the faint, hazy suggestion of Heater Ridge provides a distant boundary to the sky, while the local air often carries the heavy, sweet scent of damp earth and pine needles. Four miles away, the quiet surface of Little Lake mirrors the shifting clouds, offering a stillness that seems to permeate the very fiber of the surrounding woods.

Georgetown retains the character of a place built upon the slow, steady labor of the land and the quiet endurance of its residents. The economy here has long been tethered to the rhythms of the forest and the small-scale cultivation that defines the rural interior, leaving a legacy of sturdy, utilitarian construction and wide, unhurried roads. Thirteen miles away, Parks And Recreation Park provides a rare, managed expanse of local greenery, though the true spirit of the area is found in the scattered, weathered structures that have stood through the decades. Life in Georgetown proceeds without the clamor of the outside world, governed instead by the changing light that filters through the canopy and the seasonal shifts in the humidity. It is a place where the passage of time is marked not by grand monuments, but by the slow growth of the timber and the way the afternoon shadows lengthen across the dust of the local lanes.

About This Georgetown Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Georgetown, Mississippi. Coordinates: 31.871548, -90.16453. 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 Georgetown includes the ZIP code (39078), telephone area code (601, 769), county seat of Copiah County (Hazlehurst), and school district assignment (Copiah 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.