Gloster Mississippi Map

About Gloster, Mississippi

Gloster is a locality in Amite County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 897. The population density is 189.9 people per km². Gloster is located at 31.1974°N, 91.0218°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Gloster is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 39638.

Gloster emerges from the dense, tangled embrace of the Mississippi timberlands, defined by the steady, quiet passage of the Little Buffalo River. It lies 33.7 miles southeast of Natchez, MS (from Natchez, MS: bearing 138°T), and is situated 7.9 miles north-northeast of Centreville. The land here rises and falls in long, muscular swells of clay and loam, rising toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Greenwood Hill. The air carries the heavy, humid scent of pine needles and damp earth, a reminder that the expansive reach of the Homochitto National Forest begins right at the doorstep of the settlement. Sunlight filters through the canopy in thin, golden needles, illuminating the dust that dances over the unpaved edges of the roads. Even in the stillness of the afternoon, the landscape feels expectant, as if the deep roots of the ancient hardwoods are slowly reclaiming the spaces left behind by the passage of time.

Gloster preserves the echoes of an era built on the sawmills and the relentless pulse of the lumber industry, which once dictated the rhythm of daily labor. The economic life of the region remains tethered to the timber harvested from the surrounding woodlands, a heritage that lingers in the weathered facades of the older buildings and the sturdy, unpretentious character of the local architecture. While the world beyond has accelerated, the pace of life in Gloster retains a deliberate, measured gravity, shaped by the cycles of the seasons and the quiet persistence of the forest. Residents moving through their day acknowledge the legacy of the land, finding a singular beauty in the way the twilight softens the iron-red soil and settles, like a cooling blanket, over the timber-lined horizon.

About This Gloster Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Gloster, Mississippi. Coordinates: 31.197396, -91.02177. 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 Gloster includes the ZIP code (39638), telephone area code (228), county seat of Amite County (Liberty), and school district assignment (Amite 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.