Louise Mississippi Map

About Louise, Mississippi

Louise is a locality in Humphreys County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 178. The population density is 388.3 people per km². Louise is located at 32.9824°N, 90.5887°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Louise is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 39097.

Louise sits flat against the horizon, a wide expanse of dark, alluvial earth that absorbs the sun until the air itself seems to shimmer with a heavy, golden heat. It lies 13.8 miles northwest of Yazoo City, MS (from Yazoo City, MS: bearing 310°T), and is situated 17.6 miles east-northeast of Rolling Fork. Silver Creek traces a sluggish path through the landscape, its banks lined with the tangled, dusty green of kudzu that claims the fence lines and abandoned machinery with relentless patience. A few miles to the east, the Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge offers a sanctuary of tall grasses and seasonal wetlands, a quiet contrast to the vast, open fields that define the horizon. The light here at dusk settles in heavy layers of violet and bruised amber, casting long shadows that stretch across the plains until the sky turns the color of a cooling iron.

Agriculture remains the pulse of Louise, with rows of cotton and soy stretching toward the distant, hazy tree lines that mark the edge of the Delta National Forest. The history of the soil is written in the deep furrows of the fields and the weathered wood of structures that have held their ground through decades of seasonal floods and dry, cracking summers. While Wilson Lake lies a short distance away, drawing the occasional traveler toward its quiet waters, the true character of the region is found in the slow, deliberate pace of the harvest and the persistent, quiet endurance of those who work the land. Big Basin lies nearby, a reminder of the ancient, low-lying topography that dictates the flow of water and the layout of the roads, grounding the daily life of Louise in the steady, unchanging rhythm of the seasons.

About This Louise Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Louise, Mississippi. Coordinates: 32.982351, -90.588705. 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 Louise includes the ZIP code (39097), telephone area code (601, 769), county seat of Humphreys County (Belzoni), and school district assignment (Humphreys 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.