Greene County, Mississippi Map
Explore Greene County, Mississippi with this interactive street and satellite map. Browse all 3 cities and towns in Greene County below.
Interactive Map of Greene County, Mississippi
| County | Greene |
| State | Mississippi (MS) |
| County Seat | Leakesville |
| Country | United States of America |
| Latitude | 31.096758 |
| Longitude | -88.726884 |
| Cities & Towns | 3 |
| Area Codes | 601 |
About Greene County, Mississippi
Greene County occupies a landscape defined by the heavy, humid breath of the piney woods, where the earth is stained in shades of iron-red and deep ochre. The Chickasawhay River bisects this terrain, carving a path through sandy loam and dense stands of longleaf pine that seem to hold the heat of the afternoon long after the sun has retreated. Unlike the alluvial plains to the west, this region rises into a jagged, dissected plateau where the water cuts deep, steep-walled ravines that funnel the humid air into cool, damp corridors. At twilight, the light here does not simply fade; it thickens, turning the pine needles into a dark, impenetrable charcoal against a sky that holds the bruised violet of a coming storm, making the silence of the woods feel like a physical weight against the skin.
Greene County emerged from the territorial wilderness during the early nineteenth century, fashioned from lands ceded by indigenous nations who had navigated these river corridors for generations. The administrative center took root in a location chosen for its proximity to the primary watercourse, serving as a modest outpost for planters and timber men who arrived to exploit the vast, untapped resources of the interior. Over the decades, the seat of government solidified its presence through the slow accumulation of brick and timber, surviving the volatile shifts of the post-war era and the changing demands of a frontier economy. There remains a stubborn, utilitarian quality to the architecture here, where the buildings face the roads with a stern, unadorned posture, reflecting the pragmatic spirit of those who first cleared the underbrush to establish a foothold in the thicket.
Life today persists in the rhythm of timber harvesting and the quiet maintenance of small-scale agriculture, where the daily labor is marked by the smell of diesel, sawdust, and the damp, metallic scent of the river rising after a heavy rain. Men and women navigate the long, straight highways that slice through the canopy, their lives tethered to the cycles of the seasons and the demands of a landscape that does not yield easily to human intervention. The character of the county is found in the way a porch light flickers on against the encroaching dark, a lonely beacon in a vast, wooded expanse that remains largely indifferent to the passing of years. It is a place of long, lonely vistas where the horizon is perpetually rimmed by the dark, serrated edge of the forest, and the air carries the subtle, persistent musk of pine sap and wet clay, grounding every inhabitant in the stubborn, unyielding reality of the soil.
Cities and Towns in Greene County
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About This Greene County Map Page
This page provides an interactive map of Greene County, Mississippi alongside links to detailed street maps for 3 cities and towns. The county seat is Leakesville. Each city and town map page includes live weather, local news and precise GPS coordinates.
The Search Maps button below the county map opens USGS topographic maps and aerial imagery as base layers, with a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a single-fix GPS readout giving your USNG grid reference and latitude and longitude.
Location data is sourced from the USGS GNIS database and verified by coordinates, not name matching alone.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | USGS GNIS database; coordinates matched to 2020 US Census records |
