Mount Pleasant Mississippi Map

About Mount Pleasant, Mississippi

Mount Pleasant is a locality in Wilkinson County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 293. The population density is 47.2 people per km². Mount Pleasant is located at 34.9540°N, 89.5256°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 39153, 39119, 39631.

Mount Pleasant rises from the red clay and thick loam of the interior, a quiet settlement defined by the slow, deliberate pulse of the inland landscape. It lies 36.5 miles south-southeast of Natchez, MS (from Natchez, MS: bearing 156°T), and is situated 4.9 miles west of Centreville. The land here leans into a stillness that feels heavy with the humidity of long summers, where the light at dusk turns the dusty roads into ribbons of muted gold that stretch toward the horizon. A mile away, the Buffalo River cuts a serpentine path through the low-lying woods, its waters moving with a lethargic grace that mirrors the temperament of the region. To the north, the elevation shifts toward the gentle rise of Greenwood Hill, a solitary landmark that breaks the flat, verdant expanse of the surrounding fields. The air here holds the scent of pine and damp earth, particularly as the evening draws in and the shadows lengthen across the timbered acres reaching toward the nearby Homochitto National Forest.

Mount Pleasant maintains a character forged by the agrarian cycles that have dictated the pace of life for generations, favoring the steady labor of the soil over the frantic demands of modern commerce. While Hickman Bottom lies nine miles distant, serving as a reminder of the low, fertile basins that once anchored the local economy, the people of Mount Pleasant have long looked to the interplay of timber and agriculture to sustain their livelihood. The history of the place is written in the architecture of weathered porches and the enduring patterns of small-scale industry, where the quietude is rarely broken by anything louder than the cicadas or the distant hum of a tractor. It is a place where the passage of time is measured not by clocks, but by the gradual change of the seasons, leaving Mount Pleasant to exist in a state of watchful patience that feels entirely its own.

About This Mount Pleasant Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mount Pleasant, Mississippi. Coordinates: 34.953977, -89.525599. 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 Mount Pleasant includes the ZIP code (39153, 39119, 39631), telephone area code (228, 601, 769), county seat of Wilkinson County (Woodville), and school district assignment (Marshall 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.