Leland Mississippi Map

About Leland, Mississippi

Leland is a locality in Washington County, Mississippi, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,988. The population density is 429.7 people per km². Leland is located at 33.4054°N, 90.8976°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Leland is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 38756.

Leland occupies a vast, alluvial expanse where the horizon stretches into a pale, shimmering haze that swallows the distinction between earth and sky. It lies 9.5 miles east of Greenville, MS (from Greenville, MS: bearing 92°T), and is situated 14.3 miles west-southwest of Indianola. Deer Creek carves a slow, serpentine path through the center of the landscape, its dark waters reflecting the heavy, humid stillness that defines the afternoons here. Beyond the immediate banks, the terrain remains stubbornly flat, a fertile basin of deep soil that supports a quiet, rhythmic existence. To the west, the distant silhouettes of Backbone Ridge provide a rare interruption to the level plain, while the dense, tangled canopy of the Delta Experimental Forest waits five miles away, a tangled sanctuary of hardwood and vine. A few miles further, the stillness of Lake Monocnoc holds the light of the setting sun in a glassy, obsidian grip, grounding the geography in a profound, inland silence.

Leland serves as a quiet monument to the cycles of agriculture and the persistence of the Delta’s cultural inheritance. The economy remains tethered to the rhythmic demands of the fields, where the harvest dictates the pulse of the days and the slow, deliberate movement of traffic through the streets. At the center of daily life, Robbs Street Park provides a small, green anchor where the shade of mature trees offers a reprieve from the relentless intensity of the summer sun. The atmosphere carries the weight of a long, complex history, discernible in the weathered brick of the older storefronts and the way the local dialect softens the hard edges of the afternoon. Here, the legacy of the blues remains a subtle, humming presence in the air, informing the character of the people and the unhurried way they gather to watch the shadows lengthen across the flat, expansive ground.

About This Leland Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Leland, Mississippi. Coordinates: 33.405395, -90.897601. 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 Leland includes the ZIP code (38756), telephone area code (662), county seat of Washington County (Greenville), and school district assignment (Leland 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.