Meadville Mississippi Map

About Meadville, Mississippi

Meadville is a locality in Franklin County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 448. The population density is 153.1 people per km². Meadville is located at 31.4724°N, 90.8968°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Meadville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 39653.

Meadville occupies a landscape defined by the quiet persistence of pine and hardwood, where the earth rises and falls in long, soft swells of red clay. It lies 27.9 miles west-southwest of Brookhaven, MS (from Brookhaven, MS: bearing 255°T), and is situated 30.4 miles east-southeast of Natchez. The Middle Fork Homochitto River carves a narrow, winding path through the heavy loam just a mile away, its dark waters reflecting the towering canopy of the Homochitto National Forest that envelops the outskirts. Sunlight filters through the dense timber in slanted, amber shafts, illuminating the fine dust that hangs in the humid air during the late afternoon. Four miles to the east, the stillness of Okhissa Lake offers a glassy interruption to the woodland, its surface undisturbed save for the occasional ripple of a rising fish or the flight of a heron.

Meadville carries the weight of a long-settled interior, where the economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the timber harvest and the slow yield of the surrounding soil. The legacy of the lumber industry is written into the local character, visible in the weathered architecture and the deliberate, unforced pace of life that defines the daily routine. Residents acknowledge the isolation of the inland hills as a virtue, maintaining a culture that values the steady endurance of the land over the frantic pace of larger hubs. Even as the decades shift the nature of local commerce, the proximity to the expansive tracts of the Homochitto National Forest ensures that the identity of Meadville remains firmly rooted in the deep, quiet life of the woods.

About This Meadville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Meadville, Mississippi. Coordinates: 31.472393, -90.896768. 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 Meadville includes the ZIP code (39653), telephone area code (228), county seat of Franklin County (Meadville), and school district assignment (Franklin 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.