Meridian Station Mississippi Map

About Meridian Station, Mississippi

Meridian Station is a locality in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 581. The population density is 135.5 people per km². Meridian Station is located at 32.5484°N, 88.6090°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 39309.

Meridian Station emerges from the red clay landscape where Wright Creek carves a persistent, muddy path through the undergrowth, its banks thick with the tangled, suffocating embrace of kudzu. It lies 13.9 miles north-northeast of Meridian, MS (from Meridian, MS: bearing 23°T), and is situated 9.3 miles north-northeast of Marion. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness that seems to press against the skin, particularly as the afternoon light shifts toward a bruised, hazy gold that settles over the low-lying woodlands. Beyond the immediate canopy, the terrain rises in quiet, unremarkable swells that eventually culminate in the distant, soft silhouette of Tunnel Hill. Residents often venture toward the quiet waters of Dalewood Shore Lake when the heat becomes absolute, finding a brief respite in the stillness of the pines that border the water’s edge.

Meridian Station carries the weight of a long-settled interior, where the echoes of iron rails and agricultural commerce have defined the local pulse for generations. The economy remains tethered to the slow, methodical labor of the soil and the modest trade that keeps the thoroughfares moving, far from the frantic pace of larger metropolitan hubs. On weekends, the quietude is occasionally broken by those visiting Northeast Park, a space that serves as a necessary lung for the local landscape. Life in Meridian Station moves with a deliberate, singular gravity, shaped by the cyclical demands of the harvest and the enduring, quiet resilience of those who have made this inland stretch of earth their permanent anchor.

About This Meridian Station Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Meridian Station, Mississippi. Coordinates: 32.5484, -88.609. 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 Meridian Station includes the ZIP code (39309), telephone area code (601), county seat of Lauderdale County (Meridian), and school district assignment (Lauderdale 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.