Oak Grove Mississippi Map

About Oak Grove, Mississippi

Oak Grove is a locality in Holmes County, Mississippi, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,758. The population density is 543.4 people per km². Oak Grove is located at 31.2867°N, 89.4145°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 39328, 39169, 39425.

Oak Grove stretches across a landscape defined by the quiet, heavy persistence of inland earth, where the horizon remains wide and unencumbered by the jagged interruption of any distant mountain peak. It lies 19.8 miles south-southwest of Greenwood, MS (from Greenwood, MS: bearing 202°T), and is situated 27.9 miles north-northeast of Yazoo City. The land here holds the heat of the afternoon in its clay, a dry warmth that seems to rise from the soil long after the sun has begun its descent toward the western plains. Just three miles away, the dark, slow-moving waters of Tchula Lake carve a path through the low-lying terrain, while the broader, deeper stillness of Mossy Lake waits eight miles further to the north. In the humid, late-day air, the silhouettes of hardwoods sharpen against a sky that turns the color of bruised plums, casting long, lean shadows that stretch across the fields of Oak Grove as if trying to measure the very expanse of the silence.

The pulse of Oak Grove beats in time with the seasonal migrations and the careful management of the surrounding wild, particularly where the dense, protected canopy of the Morgan Brake National Wildlife Refuge draws the local attention toward conservation and the preservation of indigenous habitats. Life here operates on a scale dictated by the cycles of the interior plains, favoring a deliberate pace that ignores the frantic acceleration of urban corridors. While Millers Hill rises seventeen miles off in the distance like a faint, static ripple against the sky, the true geography of the economy remains rooted in the fertile, flat bottomlands that have sustained generations. There is a particular clarity in the way the local residents speak of the land—a language of soil quality, water tables, and the gradual, measured progress of the days, reflecting a history that values endurance over the fleeting nature of modern industry.

About This Oak Grove Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Oak Grove, Mississippi. Coordinates: 31.28674, -89.414491. 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 Oak Grove includes the ZIP code (39328, 39169, 39425), telephone area code (601), county seat of Holmes County (Lexington), and school district assignment (Lamar 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.