Jonestown Mississippi Map

About Jonestown, Mississippi

Jonestown is a locality in Warren County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 962. The population density is 959.8 people per km². Jonestown is located at 34.3222°N, 90.4543°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Jonestown is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 39180, 38834, 39194.

Jonestown occupies a stretch of the flat, alluvial plain where the horizon pulls away in a wide, shimmering arc, revealing a landscape defined by the heavy, fertile potential of the soil. It lies 2.3 miles south of Vicksburg, MS (from Vicksburg, MS: bearing 176°T), and is situated 2.9 miles west of Beechwood. The land here holds a quiet intensity, with the nearby waters of Durden Creek carving a slow, deliberate path through the earth, while Brown Lake sits in stillness only a mile away, its surface often reflecting the thick, humid light of the afternoon. To the east, the distant silhouette of the Walnut Hills rises against the sky, a faint suggestion of elevation that contrasts with the absolute levelness of the fields surrounding Jonestown. At the center of the immediate landscape, Bazinski Park provides a small, cultivated patch of green, offering a place where the air hangs heavy with the scent of damp earth and the subtle, persistent growth of the season.

Agriculture serves as the pulse of the local economy, with vast, open rows of crops dictating the seasonal rhythm of the people who work the land. The history of Jonestown is rooted in the labor of those who turned this stubborn, rich ground into a livelihood, establishing a character marked by resilience and the slow, deliberate pace of the rural Delta. Life here moves in accordance with the turning of the harvest, and the quiet streets often seem to hold the weight of generations who navigated the same humid, sun-drenched afternoons. While the modern world continues to change, the essence of the place remains tied to the cycles of the earth, where the shadows grow long across the fields and the evening light settles over the landscape with a profound, unhurried gravity.

About This Jonestown Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Jonestown, Mississippi. Coordinates: 34.322154, -90.454274. 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 Jonestown includes the ZIP code (39180, 38834, 39194), telephone area code (601, 769), county seat of Warren County (Vicksburg), and school district assignment (Coahoma 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.