Morton Mississippi Map

About Morton, Mississippi

Morton is a locality in Scott County, Mississippi, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,711. The population density is 161.2 people per km². Morton is located at 32.3455°N, 89.6591°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Morton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 39117.

Morton occupies a quiet stretch of land where the humid air hangs heavy and thick, defined by the slow, deliberate pulse of the inland woods. It lies 20.1 miles east-northeast of Brandon, MS (from Brandon, MS: bearing 74°T), and is situated 10.5 miles west of Forest. The landscape is dominated by the subtle descent toward Pelahatchie Creek, a waterway that marks the terrain just a mile from the center of Morton, while the deeper stillness of the Bienville National Forest remains a constant, dark presence on the horizon only eleven miles away. Residents often find their way to the shade of Farris Municipal Park, a local space that anchors the daily movement of the afternoon. From the vantage of the higher ground, one might discern the faint, jagged silhouette of Heater Ridge far to the distance, a reminder of the rising country that sits twenty-one miles away from these low-lying, damp plains.

Industry in Morton has long been tethered to the processing of poultry, a relentless economic engine that shapes the practical, work-worn character of the streets. Beyond the hum of the plants, the geography shifts toward the expansive, open reach of Line Prairie, where the earth flattens into a vast, sun-drenched basin five miles out. Those seeking the quiet of the woods often traverse the Shockaloe Trail, an eight-mile path that cuts through the pine-scented floor of the region. Even the proximity of Mill Pond, resting a single mile from the heart of the settlement, offers a calm, reflective surface that mirrors the gray, shifting clouds of a Mississippi afternoon. Life here moves in accordance with the seasonal cycle of the soil, grounded in a history of labor that persists beneath the modern veneer of the interstate corridor.

About This Morton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Morton, Mississippi. Coordinates: 32.345528, -89.659145. 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 Morton includes the ZIP code (39117), telephone area code (601), county seat of Scott County (Forest), and school district assignment (Scott 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.