Moselle Mississippi Map

About Moselle, Mississippi

Moselle is a locality in Jones County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 304. The population density is 71.0 people per km². Moselle is located at 31.5024°N, 89.2789°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 39459.

Moselle occupies a quiet stretch of land where the pine forests give way to the persistent, tangled reach of kudzu and the heavy, humid stillness of the southern air. It lies 10.8 miles north of Petal, MS (from Petal, MS: bearing 354°T), and is situated 8.6 miles southwest of Ellisville. Thomas Creek meanders through the landscape just a mile away, its dark, slow-moving waters carving a subtle path through the earth before disappearing into the dense thickets that define the local horizon. To the north, the elevation shifts toward the modest rise of Buffalo Hill, while seven miles distant, the land levels out into the broad, quiet expanse of Eatonville Flat. The light here at dusk possesses a peculiar, syrupy quality, turning the dust kicked up by passing trucks into a golden haze that hangs suspended between the trees, illuminating a terrain defined less by dramatic peaks than by the patient, unbothered geometry of fields and timber.

History in Moselle remains anchored to the rhythms of the land, where the local economy has long leaned on the stubborn productivity of the soil and the processing of timber. Life moves at the pace of the seasons, far removed from the frantic pulse of larger hubs, with residents passing their days in a cycle dictated by the harvest and the maintenance of the timber tracts. Beyond the immediate reach of the fields, the quietude of Unknown Park offers a sanctuary of shadowed paths and undisturbed growth, a stark contrast to the occasional hum of industry that drifts from the sawmills. While the allure of Lake Bogue Homo draws those seeking a rare stillness near the water, Moselle itself remains a place of deliberate, grounded existence, where the weight of the past is felt in the way the Spanish moss clings to the ancient oaks, watching over a community that prefers the steady, predictable turning of the calendar to the sudden shifts of the modern world.

About This Moselle Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Moselle, Mississippi. Coordinates: 31.50239, -89.27895. 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 Moselle includes the ZIP code (39459), telephone area code (601), county seat of Jones County (Ellisville), and school district assignment (Jones 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.