Heidelberg Mississippi Map

About Heidelberg, Mississippi

Heidelberg is a locality in Jasper County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 637. The population density is 48.1 people per km². Heidelberg is located at 31.8868°N, 88.9839°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Heidelberg is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 39439.

Heidelberg emerges from the dense, pine-shadowed landscape of southern Mississippi as a settlement defined by the persistent, dark passage of Beaver Creek. It lies 15.9 miles north-northeast of Laurel, MS (from Laurel, MS: bearing 33°T), and is situated 18.4 miles southwest of Quitman. The terrain here holds a quiet weight, where the ground rises into subtle, clay-rich swells that eventually reach toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Turkey Ridge on the horizon. Sunlight filters through the thick canopy of hardwoods and loblolly pines, casting long, fractured patterns across the red-dirt roads that weave through the woods. Five miles away, the quiet basin of Lake Waukaway reflects the heavy, humid sky, offering a stillness that seems to permeate the very air of the surrounding woodlands. During the transition of dusk, the humidity clings to the foliage, blurring the edges of the horizon until the land and the sky become a single, deepening shade of violet.

Heidelberg carries the enduring marks of an economy historically tethered to the extraction of resources and the slow, deliberate work of the earth. The rhythm of life in Heidelberg remains tethered to the wells and the timber trade, a legacy that has shaped the town’s physical endurance and its modest, utilitarian architecture. Residents look toward the broader expanse of the region for recreation, occasionally venturing toward Seventh Avenue Park to find space under the shade of mature oaks. The local culture is quiet, built upon the patterns of labor and the long, slow cycles of the seasons that dictate the pace of every day. In the stillness of an afternoon, one can hear the subtle movement of wind through the needles, a constant reminder of the deep, inland isolation that keeps the spirit of the place anchored firmly to the soil.

About This Heidelberg Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Heidelberg, Mississippi. Coordinates: 31.886822, -88.983942. 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 Heidelberg includes the ZIP code (39439), telephone area code (601), county seat of Jasper County (Bay Springs), and school district assignment (East Jasper 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.