Lawrence County, Mississippi Map
Explore Lawrence County, Mississippi with this interactive street and satellite map. Browse all 3 cities and towns in Lawrence County below.
Interactive Map of Lawrence County, Mississippi
| County | Lawrence |
| State | Mississippi (MS) |
| County Seat | Monticello |
| Country | United States of America |
| Latitude | 31.629982 |
| Longitude | -90.028139 |
| Cities & Towns | 3 |
| Area Codes | 228, 601 |
About Lawrence County, Mississippi
Lawrence County occupies a geography defined by the persistent, dark ribbon of the Pearl River, which bisects the terrain and draws the landscape into a series of deep, pine-shaded gullies and sandy ridges. The soil here is often a stubborn, iron-rich clay that clings to the boots of those who work it, shifting beneath the humid weight of a climate that turns the summer air into a thick, breathable liquid. To the north, the land rises into the piney woods, a transition from the marshy lowlands where the river floods with a quiet, muddy power. As the light fades at the end of a long afternoon, the sun catches the suspended dust above the timber stands, turning the atmosphere into a hazy, bruised copper that seems to hold the heat long after the shadows have lengthened across the forest floor.
Lawrence County emerged from the early territorial expansion of the nineteenth century, organized during a time when the frontier was being carved out of the dense, untamed timberlands by settlers pushing inland from the coast. The county seat was established to serve as a legal and commercial anchor for the scattered homesteads, eventually settling into a quiet prominence that dictated the flow of local trade and governance. Its development was marked by the slow, deliberate work of clearing timber and establishing small-scale agriculture, a process that left the town center as a modest collection of brick and wood structures. In these streets, the architecture remains utilitarian and honest, bearing the faint, weathered marks of generations who built with what was available, creating a center of gravity that still holds the memory of a simpler, more isolated era of commerce.
Economic life remains tethered to the land, balancing the cyclical harvesting of timber with the quiet persistence of family-owned poultry and cattle operations. The character of the people is shaped by this proximity to the seasons, a temperament that values a steady hand and a lack of unnecessary motion. On humid evenings, the air carries the scent of pine resin and wet earth, a heavy, grounding fragrance that signals the end of the work day. Life moves in a measured cadence, punctuated by the arrival of storms that sweep across the river basin and the slow, rhythmic maintenance of fences and equipment. There is a profound stillness in the wide, empty stretches of pasture, where the evening sky turns a flat, bruised violet and the only sound is the distant, lonely call of a train or the rustle of wind through the tall, serrated blades of grass.
Cities and Towns in Lawrence County
About This Lawrence County Map Page
This page provides an interactive map of Lawrence County, Mississippi alongside links to detailed street maps for 3 cities and towns. The county seat is Monticello. Each city and town map page includes live weather, local news and precise GPS coordinates.
The Search Maps button below the county map opens USGS topographic maps and aerial imagery as base layers, with a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a single-fix GPS readout giving your USNG grid reference and latitude and longitude.
Location data is sourced from the USGS GNIS database and verified by coordinates, not name matching alone.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | USGS GNIS database; coordinates matched to 2020 US Census records |
