Hamilton Mississippi Map

About Hamilton, Mississippi

Hamilton is a locality in Benton County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 404. The population density is 49.5 people per km². Hamilton is located at 33.7466°N, 88.4076°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 38629, 39746.

Hamilton emerges from the landscape as a quiet intersection of earth and sky, defined by the steady, inland sprawl of the Mississippi soil. It lies 30.1 miles west of Corinth, MS (from Corinth, MS: bearing 268°T), and is situated 14.4 miles south of Hardeman. The horizon remains wide and unencumbered, offering a view of the distant Hatchie Hills that rise like a soft, bruised purple hem against the afternoon light. Sunlight here moves with a heavy, golden patience, catching the dense canopy of the Holly Springs National Forest that borders the perimeter and spills its wild, deep green shadow over the edges of the land. Only a mile away, the Wolf River carves a dark, serpentine path through the loam, its flow reflecting the shifting clouds, while the still, mirror-like surface of Bakers Pond waits two miles out, holding the silence of the woods in its depths.

Hamilton maintains a rhythm dictated by the harvest and the slow, deliberate turning of the seasons, rooted in a history of agrarian persistence that remains visible in the furrowed fields. The local economy relies on the quiet industry of the land, where the labor of the day is measured in the growth of timber and the yield of the surrounding acres. Beyond the immediate reach of the fields, Robinson Bottom provides a subtle, low-lying contrast to the higher ground, a place where the air hangs cooler and the vegetation grows thick with the weight of the humidity. Life in Hamilton is a practice of observation, where the inhabitants watch the changing colors of the oaks and the migration of hawks over the open tracts, finding a modest, enduring satisfaction in the simple geography of a place that asks for little and offers a grounded, honest stillness in return.

About This Hamilton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hamilton, Mississippi. Coordinates: 33.746576, -88.407578. 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 Hamilton includes the ZIP code (38629, 39746), telephone area code (601, 769, 662), county seat of Benton County (Ashland), and school district assignment (Monroe 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.