Leaf Mississippi Map

About Leaf, Mississippi

Leaf is a locality in Greene County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 62. The population density is 20.3 people per km². Leaf is located at 31.0257°N, 88.7956°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 39456.

Leaf emerges from the humid heat of the pine belt as a quiet intersection of timber and clay, defined primarily by the slow, silt-laden path of Davis Creek that carves its way through the undergrowth. It lies 35.3 miles southeast of Petal, MS (from Petal, MS: bearing 129°T), and is situated 16.7 miles west-southwest of Leakesville. The landscape around Leaf is marked by a subtle, persistent gravity, where the earth rises toward the prominence of Wolf Hill to the north and gives way to the dense, pine-shadowed expanse of the De Soto National Forest. Here, the air holds a heavy, resinous scent, and the light at dusk settles in long, bruised-purple bars across the canopy, turning the needles into fine, metallic threads. Beyond the immediate clearing, the terrain suggests a vast, ancient patience, undisturbed by the hurried pace of the wider world.

Leaf maintains a character shaped by the cyclical labor of the land, where the local economy has long been tethered to the harvest of timber and the maintenance of the surrounding woods. History remains etched in the quiet persistence of its residents, who live within the reach of the De Soto National Forest, an enduring presence that dictates the rhythm of the seasons and the slow accumulation of pine straw on the forest floor. While the proximity to Moody Lake provides a singular, still point in the geography, the daily life of Leaf remains anchored to the immediate work of the soil and the maintenance of the small, singular roads that vein the area. There is a distinct, unadorned beauty in how the community exists in the gaps between the trees, a place where the passage of time is measured not by clocks, but by the gradual darkening of the timber and the seasonal shifts in the humidity of the woods.

About This Leaf Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Leaf, Mississippi. Coordinates: 31.025742, -88.795592. 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 Leaf includes the ZIP code (39456), telephone area code (601), county seat of Greene County (Leakesville), and school district assignment (Greene 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.