Hickory Mississippi Map

About Hickory, Mississippi

Hickory is a locality in Newton County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 408. The population density is 168.3 people per km². Hickory is located at 32.3176°N, 89.0256°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Hickory is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 39332.

Hickory occupies a quiet expanse of the Mississippi landscape where the earth holds the deep, rust-colored memory of iron-rich clay. It lies 19.1 miles west of Meridian, MS (from Meridian, MS: bearing 260°T), and is situated 8.0 miles east of Newton. The terrain defines itself through a series of modest, timbered elevations that rise toward the horizon, where the distant, hazy silhouette of Turkey Ridge breaks the sky during the clearest hours of the afternoon. Potterchitto Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the local topography just a mile away, its waters moving with a deliberate, sluggish grace beneath the overhanging boughs of sweetgum and oak. Sunlight here possesses a heavy, amber quality that seems to thicken as it filters through the dense canopy, illuminating the fine, suspended dust that dances above the forest floor. Five miles distant, the still surface of Wickware Pond offers a mirror for the shifting clouds, providing a silent, cool respite from the heat that gathers in the low-lying fields.

History in Hickory remains written in the weathered grain of wooden storefronts and the persistence of the rail lines that once anchored its commerce. The economy reflects a steady, agrarian patience, grounded in the cultivation of the soil and the quiet labor of those who manage the surrounding tracts of pine and hardwood. Seven miles from the center, the quietude of Unknown Park preserves a sliver of the original wild, inviting an occasional traveler to observe the way the shadows lengthen across the tall grasses as evening approaches. Life in Hickory moves with the measured cadence of the seasons, indifferent to the frantic pace of the wider world, favoring instead the small, tangible rituals of a place that understands its own boundaries. Even the air here feels seasoned by the long duration of its settlement, carrying the faint, dry scent of pine needles and the subtle, metallic tang of the creek beds that define the local geography.

About This Hickory Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hickory, Mississippi. Coordinates: 32.317644, -89.025611. 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 Hickory includes the ZIP code (39332), telephone area code (601), county seat of Newton County (Decatur), and school district assignment (Newton 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.