Nettleton Mississippi Map

About Nettleton, Mississippi

Nettleton is a locality in Lee County, Mississippi, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,935. The population density is 185.6 people per km². Nettleton is located at 34.0890°N, 88.6223°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Nettleton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 38858.

Nettleton occupies a quiet expanse of the northern Mississippi landscape, where the flat, fertile earth stretches toward a horizon defined by the distant, hazy silhouette of the Pontotoc Ridge. It lies 12.5 miles south-southeast of Tupelo, MS (from Tupelo, MS: bearing 158°T), and is situated 9.2 miles southeast of Verona. The air here carries a heavy, humid stillness, often broken by the low murmur of insects or the sudden, sharp rustle of kudzu vines claiming the fences that border the fields. Only a mile away, the dark, slow-moving waters of Roberts Branch wind through the undergrowth, providing a narrow vein of moisture that feeds the lush, tangled woods. To the northwest, the landscape opens into the broader, protected wilderness of the Canal Section Wma, where the light at dusk turns a bruised purple, casting long, thin shadows across the prairie grasses and the quiet, distant surface of Lake Whiteside.

Nettleton grew from the reach of the rail lines that once dictated the movement of goods and people across the interior, anchoring the local economy to the steady yield of the surrounding soil. The rhythm of daily life moves with a deliberate, measured pace, reflective of a history bound to the cycles of the harvest and the persistent, quiet labor of the fields. While the heavy industry of the past has shifted, the character of Nettleton remains defined by the brick storefronts and the deep-rooted connections of those who hold the land. It is a place where the past is not a museum piece but a layer of the present, felt in the way the afternoon heat lingers on the pavement and the way the local life organizes itself around the shared, modest concerns of a community tethered to the interior plains.

About This Nettleton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Nettleton, Mississippi. Coordinates: 34.088998, -88.622271. 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 Nettleton includes the ZIP code (38858), telephone area code (662), county seat of Lee County (Tupelo), and school district assignment (Nettleton 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.