Metcalfe Mississippi Map

About Metcalfe, Mississippi

Metcalfe is a locality in Washington County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 816. The population density is 314.1 people per km². Metcalfe is located at 33.4540°N, 91.0073°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Metcalfe is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 38760.

Metcalfe occupies a vast, level expanse of the Mississippi Delta, where the horizon stretches flat and wide under a sky that often seems to hold the weight of the coming rain. It lies 4.4 miles northeast of Greenville, MS (from Greenville, MS: bearing 46°T), and is situated 7.2 miles west-northwest of Leland. The sluggish, tea-colored waters of Deer Creek trace a winding, deliberate path through the landscape, serving as a quiet artery for the fertile silt that defines the region. To the east, the terrain remains largely unbroken by significant elevation, though the distant rise of Hardwood Hill provides a subtle suggestion of contour against the hazy, heat-shimmered air. Beyond the immediate fields, the dense, shadowed canopy of the Delta Experimental Forest offers a stark, green contrast to the open agricultural plains that characterize the local geography. In the humid hours of late afternoon, the light turns a bruised gold, casting long, melancholy shadows across the earth and turning the nearby brush into a tangle of deep, muted color.

Metcalfe retains the quiet, industrious character of a settlement built upon the cycles of the harvest and the slow, persistent labor of the soil. The economy remains tethered to the rhythmic demands of the land, with cotton and grain rows extending toward the edges of the horizon as they have for generations. Local life moves with a measured, deliberate pace, punctuated by the seasonal shift from planting to the heavy stillness of high summer. Residents often find respite in the quietude of Rounds Park, a local space that serves as a necessary anchor for the community amidst the sprawling agricultural tracts. Even as the modern world encroaches, the influence of the past lingers in the architecture and the deliberate, unhurried cadence of conversation held on porches as dusk settles. Life here is defined by the proximity to the land, an existence shaped by the changing seasons and the persistent, grounding presence of the Delta soil.

About This Metcalfe Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Metcalfe, Mississippi. Coordinates: 33.454004, -91.007327. 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 Metcalfe includes the ZIP code (38760), telephone area code (662), county seat of Washington County (Greenville), and school district assignment (Western Line 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.