Hurley Mississippi Map

About Hurley, Mississippi

Hurley is a locality in Jackson County, Mississippi, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,557. The population density is 117.1 people per km². Hurley is located at 30.6610°N, 88.4942°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 39562, 39555.

Hurley emerges from the pine-thickened landscape as a quiet expanse of timberland and low-slung pastures, where the sun filters through the needles to gild the damp earth in a fading, bronzed light. It lies 17.4 miles north of Moss Point, MS (from Moss Point, MS: bearing 8°T), and is situated 19.8 miles west-northwest of Tillmans Corner. The terrain slopes gently toward the basin known as The Neck, its character defined by the persistent, slow-moving presence of Spring Creek, which carves a narrow, winding path through the heavy clay soil. Beyond the immediate canopy, the land flattens into an unassuming horizon, punctuated only by the distant, hazy silhouette of Easen Hill that marks the edge of the regional vista. Here, the air holds a singular weight, thick with the scent of damp loam and the resinous tang of pine, creating a stillness that seems to suspend the afternoon in a perpetual, golden pause.

Hurley carries the quiet legacy of a settlement built on the labor of the land, where the local economy has long been tethered to the harvest of timber and the steady, rhythmic demands of rural life. While the industrial hum of the Black Creek Cooling Pond remains a distant, utilitarian landmark, the daily pulse of the people remains rooted in the steady maintenance of homesteads and the shared endurance of the seasons. There is little fanfare in the way the morning light catches the weathered siding of older structures or the way life organizes itself around the rhythms of the school calendar and the cycles of the harvest. Whether moving through the wooded reaches near the Private SCA or tending to the margins of the forest, the people of Hurley maintain a deliberate, measured pace that honors the stubborn persistence of this inland earth.

About This Hurley Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hurley, Mississippi. Coordinates: 30.661026, -88.494184. 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 Hurley includes the ZIP code (39562, 39555), telephone area code (228), county seat of Jackson County (Pascagoula), and school district assignment (Jackson 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.