Lake Mississippi Map

About Lake, Mississippi

Lake is a locality in Scott County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 475. The population density is 36.3 people per km². Lake is located at 32.3300°N, 89.3144°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Lake is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 39092, 39336.

Lake sits amidst a landscape of heavy clay and pine-thickened woodland, where the horizon is defined by the subtle, persistent rise of the earth rather than dramatic peaks. It lies 36.5 miles west of Meridian, MS (from Meridian, MS: bearing 268°T), and is situated 8.6 miles east of Forest. The air here holds a humid weight that seems to slow the progression of the afternoon, pressing against the broad leaves of oak and the tangled, pervasive vines that reclaim the edges of fence lines. Only twelve miles away, the vast, shadowed expanse of Bienville National Forest anchors the regional ecology, its dense timberland offering a stark contrast to the cleared fields that stretch toward the horizon. The modest current of Polar Branch carves a narrow, winding path through the local terrain just one mile from the center of town, its water often dark with silt and reflecting the persistent, heavy sky of central Mississippi.

Economic life in Lake remains tethered to the rhythms of the soil and the steady transit of commerce along the transit corridors that slice through the pines. While the distant silhouette of Turkey Ridge creates a faint, hazy boundary twenty-two miles to the north, the immediate focus of the inhabitants remains on the pragmatic demands of agriculture and the small-scale enterprises that sustain the regional character. Visitors seeking the stillness of larger bodies of water often look toward Big Lake, located eight miles distant, though the local identity is forged primarily in the quiet, dusty work of the interior plains. The proximity to the expansive green belt of Bienville National Forest serves as a reminder of the wilder, untamed Mississippi that exists just beyond the reach of the plow, defining the boundary between the cultivated grid of the settlement and the ancient, brooding woods.

About This Lake Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lake, Mississippi. Coordinates: 32.329992, -89.31435. 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 Lake includes the ZIP code (39092, 39336), telephone area code (601, 769), county seat of Scott County (Forest), 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.