Lambert Mississippi Map

About Lambert, Mississippi

Lambert is a locality in Quitman County, Mississippi, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,273. The population density is 581.0 people per km². Lambert is located at 34.2018°N, 90.2834°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Lambert is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 38643.

Lambert stretches across the flat, expansive floor of the Delta, where the horizon pulls the sky down to meet the dark, fertile earth in a seamless, unbroken line. It lies 16.4 miles east of Clarksdale, MS (from Clarksdale, MS: bearing 90°T), and is situated 15.5 miles north-northeast of Tutwiler. Sunlight here possesses a heavy, liquid quality, thickening in the heat of midday to coat the fields in a shimmering, pale gold haze. The landscape remains defined by the persistent presence of Buzzard Bayou, which winds its way through the low-lying terrain just a mile from the center of the grid, its waters moving with a deliberate, sluggish patience. At the edge of the residential streets, Richardson Park provides a quiet green anchor for the community, offering a patch of shade where the air seems to hold the scent of damp soil and drying grass long after the sun has retreated.

Lambert remains a place where the rhythm of the year is dictated by the turning of the crops and the slow, cyclical labor of the harvest. History lingers in the weathered wood of older structures and the stubborn endurance of the local economy, which has long been tied to the productivity of the surrounding bottomland. While the pace of life remains measured and deliberate, residents look toward Wilson Lake, seven miles away, as a place of respite when the heat lingers into the evening. Far from the distant, unseen peaks like Persimmon Hill, which marks the landscape only in the mind of a traveler looking toward the horizon, Lambert maintains a character forged by the relentless sun and the quiet, steady persistence of those who work the land.

About This Lambert Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lambert, Mississippi. Coordinates: 34.201778, -90.283426. 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 Lambert includes the ZIP code (38643), telephone area code (601, 769), county seat of Quitman County (Marks), and school district assignment (Quitman 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.