New Site Mississippi Map

About New Site, Mississippi

New Site is a locality in Prentiss County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 122. The population density is 18.3 people per km². New Site is located at 34.5593°N, 88.4095°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 38859.

New Site occupies a quiet intersection of earth and water where the land slowly rises toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Riddle Wind Ridge. It lies 26.7 miles south-southeast of Corinth, MS (from Corinth, MS: bearing 166°T), and is situated 11.3 miles southeast of Booneville. Pee Dee Creek traces a narrow, serpentine path through the surrounding woodland, its dark waters carving through the clay soil with a persistent, quiet industry. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness in the afternoons, especially as the light begins to slant low, catching the fine, golden dust that rises from the gravel roads. To the west, the terrain levels out toward the expanse of Pharr Flats, while the cool, still surface of Bay Springs Lake rests only a few miles away, acting as a mirror for the towering hardwoods that define the horizon.

The rhythm of life in New Site remains tethered to the slow cycles of the land and the modest commerce of a rural crossroads, far removed from the frantic pace of the larger world. Memories of earlier agrarian patterns persist in the weathered architecture and the way families maintain the surrounding acreage, leaning into the traditions of timber and small-scale cultivation that have long anchored the local economy. Beyond the immediate clearings, the Divide Section offers a protected sanctuary of pine and oak, preserving a stretch of forest that feels indifferent to the passage of decades. In the quiet evenings, the atmosphere of New Site suggests a place where history is not displayed in monuments, but carried in the patient, measured movements of those who have chosen to remain in this corner of the interior.

About This New Site Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of New Site, Mississippi. Coordinates: 34.559264, -88.409492. 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 New Site includes the ZIP code (38859), telephone area code (662), county seat of Prentiss County (Booneville), and school district assignment (Prentiss 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.