Jacinto Mississippi Map

About Jacinto, Mississippi

Jacinto is a locality in Alcorn County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 52. The population density is 23.0 people per km². Jacinto is located at 34.7598°N, 88.4284°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 38865.

Jacinto occupies a quiet stretch of earth where the soil holds the deep, rust-colored memory of an older, harder time. It lies 13.2 miles south-southeast of Corinth, MS (from Corinth, MS: bearing 156°T), and is situated 10.5 miles northeast of Booneville. The landscape surrounding Jacinto is defined by the steady, persistent drainage of Moores Creek, which carves its path just a mile away, and the shadowed depressions of White Oak Hollow that offer a cool reprieve from the swelter of the afternoon. Beyond the immediate clearing, the land lifts toward the faint, serrated outline of Winbush Ridge on the horizon, while the terrain closer to home remains defined by tangled thickets and the encroaching reach of kudzu. The light here at dusk possesses a singular quality, turning the dust of the unpaved roads into a fine, suspended gold that hangs in the humid air long after the sun dips below the tree line.

History in Jacinto remains anchored to the architecture of the mid-nineteenth century, where the stubborn survival of old brick and timber structures serves as a reminder of its early days as a seat of local governance. While the economy has long since shifted away from the bustling activity of its founding era toward a quieter, more agrarian rhythm, the influence of the land persists in the small-scale cultivation that defines the life of the residents. Those seeking the quietude of the natural world often look toward the Divide Section, which provides a sprawling expanse of protected habitat just five miles out, or they find a different kind of stillness near the banks of Bryant Pond. Life in Jacinto moves with a deliberate, measured pace, dictated more by the turning of the seasons and the cycle of the crops than by the frantic demands of the modern world.

About This Jacinto Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Jacinto, Mississippi. Coordinates: 34.759814, -88.428381. 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 Jacinto includes the ZIP code (38865), telephone area code (662), county seat of Alcorn County (Corinth), and school district assignment (Alcorn 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.