Glendora Mississippi Map

About Glendora, Mississippi

Glendora is a locality in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 154. The population density is 412.9 people per km². Glendora is located at 33.8293°N, 90.2931°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Glendora is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 38928.

Glendora occupies a flat, expansive stretch of the Mississippi Delta where the horizon seems to press down upon the earth with a heavy, humid intensity. It lies 22.6 miles north-northwest of Greenwood, MS (from Greenwood, MS: bearing 343°T), and is situated 16.5 miles east-northeast of Ruleville. Sunlight here does not merely illuminate the landscape; it saturates the dark, alluvial soil until the fields shimmer with a liquid heat, casting long shadows across the rows of cotton and soy that define the valley floor. Only a mile to the west, the Tallahatchie River moves with a sluggish, deliberate gravity, its dark waters carving through the silt as if remembering the floods of a previous century. A mile to the east, the quiet surface of Bonnett Lake reflects the sky in a dull, metallic sheen, providing a still counterpoint to the slow, relentless motion of the nearby current. Though the distant heights of Annis Ridge remain a faint, ethereal suggestion on the far horizon, the immediate world of Glendora remains defined by the immense, level reach of the plains and the dense, tangled green of the thickets that line the water’s edge.

Agriculture remains the pulse of Glendora, an economy tethered to the seasonal cycles of the earth and the stubborn fertility of the black soil. The rhythms of life here are dictated by the planting and the harvest, a legacy that persists in the quiet streets and the weathered façades of local structures that have seen generations pass through the gate. Five miles away, the Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge offers a sanctuary where the land is allowed to revert to its wilder state, providing a stark contrast to the manicured precision of the surrounding farmland. The air in Glendora carries the scent of damp earth and drying vegetation, a sensory reminder of the agrarian toil that built the settlement from the brush. Even as the modern world encroaches, the prevailing atmosphere remains one of profound patience, where the passage of time is measured not by clocks, but by the slow, steady turning of the seasons and the quiet persistence of the Delta landscape.

About This Glendora Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Glendora, Mississippi. Coordinates: 33.829282, -90.293144. 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 Glendora includes the ZIP code (38928), telephone area code (228), county seat of Tallahatchie County (Charleston), and school district assignment (West Tallahatchie School).

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.