Longview Mississippi Map

About Longview, Mississippi

Longview is a locality in Monroe County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 295. The population density is 68.3 people per km². Longview is located at 33.4011°N, 88.9340°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 38821, 38826, 39759.

Longview emerges from the quiet, verdant interior of the state as a place where the earth leans into the slow, deliberate work of the seasons. It lies 23.5 miles southeast of Tupelo, MS (from Tupelo, MS: bearing 142°T), and is situated 2.1 miles east of Amory. Burketts Creek carves a shallow, wandering path through the landscape, its banks lined with dense thickets that catch the amber light of late afternoon. Two miles distant, the waters of McAlpine Lake hold the sky in a mirror of still, dark glass, while the faint, hazy suggestion of Pea Ridge marks the horizon like a bruised thumbprint against the clouds. Gilmore Park provides a modest, groomed sanctuary of green near the center of the landscape, offering a brief respite where the wind moves through the pines with a dry, rhythmic hush that defines the local atmosphere.

Longview maintains its character through an economy deeply tethered to the soil and the quiet endurance of its residents. Fields of cotton and soy extend toward the horizon in a patchwork of muted greens and browns, reflecting a history built on the stubborn persistence of agriculture and the small-scale commerce that keeps the local pulse steady. The air here carries the scent of damp earth and coming rain, a heavy, fertile sweetness that lingers long after the sun has retreated. Life in Longview moves with a cadence set by the harvest and the changing light, a steady, unadorned existence that finds its own distinctive beauty in the uncomplicated lines of the horizon and the reliable, slow-moving currents of the creek.

About This Longview Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Longview, Mississippi. Coordinates: 33.401125, -88.934019. 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 Longview includes the ZIP code (38821, 38826, 39759), telephone area code (662), county seat of Monroe County (Aberdeen), and school district assignment (Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated 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.