Mathiston Mississippi Map

About Mathiston, Mississippi

Mathiston is a locality in Webster County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 831. The population density is 128.2 people per km². Mathiston is located at 33.5401°N, 89.1242°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Mathiston is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 39752.

Mathiston occupies a quiet expanse of the interior landscape where the earth settles into a slow, deliberate cadence of open fields and encroaching woodlands. It lies 18.7 miles west-northwest of Starkville, MS (from Starkville, MS: bearing 289°T), and is situated 8.2 miles east of Eupora. The horizon is defined by the gentle, tectonic persistence of Lolly Hill, which rises eight miles away to catch the amber light of late afternoon, casting long shadows across the local terrain. Moisture hangs heavy in the humid air, cooling slightly as it drifts from the nearby Pigeon Roost Creek, a modest artery that winds through the brush just one mile from the center of activity. The regional flora, dominated by thickets of kudzu that reclaim abandoned edges and the dense, dark growth of the distant Tombigbee National Forest, frames the view, lending the environment a sense of deep, undisturbed seclusion far from the restlessness of the distant coast.

Mathiston functions as a steady center for the surrounding agricultural life, where the rhythm of the day is dictated by the cultivation of the soil and the movement of freight along the tracks. The legacy of the railway remains a primary influence, having served as the catalyst for the early settlement and shaping the linear development of the streets that define the local economy. Commerce here is quiet and functional, tied to the needs of the land and the people who work it, while the proximity to the Mississippi State University School of Forest Resources provides a steady, scholarly undercurrent to the professional life of the region. Residents often look toward the broader horizon, finding a sense of scale in the vast, inland geography that separates them from the outside world, maintaining a modest, self-contained existence that values the passage of time over the urgency of modern pace.

About This Mathiston Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mathiston, Mississippi. Coordinates: 33.540121, -89.124231. 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 Mathiston includes the ZIP code (39752), telephone area code (662), county seat of Webster County (Walthall), and school district assignment (Webster 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.