Oakland Mississippi Map

About Oakland, Mississippi

Oakland is a locality in Yalobusha 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 occupies a quiet expanse of north-central Mississippi where the land settles into a persistent, humid stillness. It lies 20.8 miles north-northwest of Grenada, MS (from Grenada, MS: bearing 343°T), and is situated 17.7 miles south of Batesville. The horizon here is defined by the dense, tangled greenery of the Holly Springs National Forest, which presses close to the town’s edge, while Little Creek winds its way through the nearby timberland, carving shallow, muddy channels that swell after the heavy afternoon rains. Ten miles to the west, the earth drops away into the shadowed depression of Starck Hollow, and further still, the distant, hazy silhouette of Oak Ridge marks the limit of the view. The air in Oakland often hangs thick with the scent of damp pine needles and turned earth, carrying a weight that slows the pulse of the day until the evening light turns the dust of the unpaved backroads into a fine, pale gold.

History in Oakland is written in the stubborn endurance of its local agriculture and the slow, deliberate pace of its commerce, which has long relied on the rhythms of the surrounding fields and forests. Four miles away, the waters of Swearengen Lake remain a quiet anchor for the landscape, mirroring the shifting clouds in a way that suggests a time long detached from the bustle of the modern world. The economy remains rooted in the soil, favoring the harvest and the timber trade over the frantic pace of the larger corridors. There is a particular texture to the afternoons here, when the sun catches the kudzu vines climbing the skeletal frames of older buildings, revealing a place that is comfortable in its own seclusion and indifferent to the noise of the outside world.

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 Yalobusha County (Water Valley), 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.