Macon Mississippi Map

About Macon, Mississippi

Macon is a locality in Noxubee County, Mississippi, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,582. The population density is 260.4 people per km². Macon is located at 33.1221°N, 88.5567°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Macon is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 39341.

Macon emerges from the black prairie soil where Cedar Creek carves a slow, muddy path through the low-lying terrain, its waters reflecting the heavy, humid sky. It lies 28.0 miles south-southwest of Columbus, MS (from Columbus, MS: bearing 196°T), and is situated 28.1 miles south-southeast of Starkville. Sunlight filters through the dense canopy of hardwoods, casting long, fractured shadows across the fields that stretch toward the distant silhouette of Poorhouse Mountain. The air here holds a distinct weight, a stillness that seems to gather in the hollows and linger under the leaves, while Gillespie Park offers a quiet clearing where the grass grows thick and unbothered by the passage of the afternoon.

Macon carries the enduring character of a landscape defined by the cycles of the harvest and the persistent, quiet growth of the surrounding woodlands. The local economy remains anchored to the rhythms of the earth, where the labor of agriculture has long shaped the town’s architecture and its steady, deliberate pace. Visitors might find their way toward the stillness of Loakfoma Lake, a presence that anchors the regional geography with its calm expanse, while the streets of Macon remain marked by the sturdy brickwork of an earlier era. Life moves according to the turning of the seasons, a slow accumulation of days where the history of the region is felt in the texture of the weathered storefronts and the deep, silent resilience of the land itself.

About This Macon Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Macon, Mississippi. Coordinates: 33.122065, -88.556713. 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 Macon includes the ZIP code (39341), telephone area code (601), county seat of Noxubee County (Macon), and school district assignment (Noxubee 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.