Montrose Mississippi Map

About Montrose, Mississippi

Montrose is a locality in Jasper County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 104. The population density is 14.8 people per km². Montrose is located at 32.1243°N, 89.2356°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Montrose is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 39338.

Montrose occupies a quiet portion of the interior landscape where the earth settles into a series of modest, wooded swells. It lies 30.4 miles north-northwest of Laurel, MS (from Laurel, MS: bearing 348°T), and is situated 14.2 miles south-southwest of Newton. Tallahoma Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the soil just a mile from the center, its current marking the slow passage of time through the dense undergrowth. To the east, the silhouette of Turkey Ridge breaks the horizon, a distant and constant presence that defines the limit of the sky. The atmosphere here possesses a particular clarity, especially as the sun descends and casts a long, amber glow across the fields that stretch toward the edges of Bienville National Forest.

Montrose maintains a character defined by the quiet persistence of its land and the rhythms of a rural economy rooted in timber and seasonal harvests. The influence of Bienville National Forest, which sits just two miles away, remains a defining feature of the local identity, offering a vast, untamed expanse that contrasts with the smaller, cultivated plots of the surrounding farms. Residents often find their way toward the quiet banks of Pineview Lake, five miles distant, where the water mirrors the shifting colors of the canopy above. Life in Montrose moves with a deliberate, unadorned pace, reflecting a history tied to the soil and the enduring, silent watchful presence of the woods that surround it.

About This Montrose Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Montrose, Mississippi. Coordinates: 32.124316, -89.235617. 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 Montrose includes the ZIP code (39338), telephone area code (601), county seat of Jasper County (Bay Springs), and school district assignment (West Jasper 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.