Oakland Mississippi Map

About Oakland, Mississippi

Oakland is a locality in Itawamba County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 462. The population density is 116.7 people per km². Oakland is located at 34.0576°N, 89.9132°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Oakland is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 38843, 39648, 38948.

Oakland emerges from the low, humid expanses of the Mississippi landscape where the light at dusk turns the heavy air into a bruised, golden haze. It lies 26.9 miles east of Tupelo, MS (from Tupelo, MS: bearing 86°T), and is situated 17.0 miles northwest of Hamilton. Cypress Creek carves a quiet, persistent path through the bottomlands nearby, its waters dark and reflective, mirroring the dense thickets of hardwoods that define the local horizon. To the east, the distant, hazy silhouette of Chinquapin Ridge marks the boundary of the flat, fertile plains, while the still, shadowed surface of Nita Lake lies six miles away, a silent anchor for the local water table. The soil here, thick with the history of the inland earth, supports a verdant, tangled growth of kudzu that softens the sharp edges of abandoned structures and fence lines alike, grounding Oakland in a slow, rhythmic cycle of seasonal decay and renewal.

Oakland bears the quiet weight of an agricultural inheritance, where the economy remains tethered to the slow turn of the planting seasons and the legacy of the surrounding fields. The local character is shaped by a long memory of labor and the persistent influence of the land, with the nearby Canal Section Wma serving as a preserved reminder of the wilder, untamed habitat that once dominated this interior region. Life in Oakland moves with a deliberate, unhurried cadence, favoring the porch-side conversation and the steady accumulation of local lore over the frantic pace of larger hubs. Even as the modern world encroaches, the prevailing atmosphere remains defined by the deep, resonant stillness of the woods and the enduring, humble connection between the inhabitants and the stubborn, productive clay of their ancestral home.

About This Oakland Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Oakland, Mississippi. Coordinates: 34.057581, -89.913225. 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 Oakland includes the ZIP code (38843, 39648, 38948), telephone area code (228), county seat of Itawamba County (Fulton), and school district assignment (Coffeeville 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.