Hamilton Mississippi Map

About Hamilton, Mississippi

Hamilton is a locality in Monroe 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 occupies a quiet corridor of earth where the persistent flow of Wilson Creek defines the local topography, carving a path through the low-lying terrain. It lies 16.9 miles north of Columbus, MS (from Columbus, MS: bearing 3°T), and is situated 9.6 miles southeast of Aberdeen. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness during the late afternoon, when the light turns a bruised, honeyed gold and settles over the fields. Beyond the immediate banks of the water, the landscape stretches toward the horizon in a series of undulations, eventually rising toward the distant, faint silhouette of Colberts Hill. Four miles to the west, the basin known as Shell Field acts as a natural depression in the land, while the vegetation—a dense, tangled mix of thicket and hardwood—remains ever-encroaching, softened by the occasional drift of Spanish moss that clings to the older timber.

History in Hamilton remains tethered to the patterns of the land, reflecting a heritage defined by slow cycles of agricultural labor and the quiet persistence of those who worked the soil. The economy continues to draw its character from the surrounding acreage, with the proximity of the Canal Section Wma ensuring that large swaths of the environment remain preserved for the movement of wildlife rather than the reach of industrial expansion. Eight miles away, the waters of Weaver Creek Cutoff provide a secondary focal point for the region, though the daily pulse of life here is dictated more by the modest requirements of the local harvest than by outside commerce. Time seems to gather in the corners of the porch-fronted buildings, moving with a gravity that acknowledges the long, sun-drenched silence of an inland life.

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 Monroe County (Aberdeen), 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.