Pearlington Mississippi Map

About Pearlington, Mississippi

Pearlington is a locality in Hancock County, Mississippi, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,153. The population density is 48.8 people per km². Pearlington is located at 30.2466°N, 89.6112°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 39572.

Pearlington holds a quiet dominion over the low-slung, marshy expanse where the Pearl River spills its tea-colored waters toward the Gulf of Mexico. It lies 17.3 miles west-southwest of Bay St. Louis, MS (from Bay St. Louis, MS: bearing 256°T), and is situated 10.3 miles east of Slidell. This landscape is a labyrinth of brackish veins and silt, defined by the Hancock County Marsh Coastal Reserve which stretches its sawgrass fingers into the horizon. Only four miles away, the dark, still surface of North Pass mirrors the heavy, humid sky, while the slight rise of Desert Island breaks the monotony of the delta’s flat, shimmering reach. Here, the air is thick with the scent of salt and turning tides, and the light at dusk turns the tall reeds into a field of bruised copper, softening the edges of a world that feels perpetually caught between the river’s push and the sea’s pull.

Pearlington draws its character from the rhythms of the water, a place shaped by the industry of the river and the resilient labor of those who harvest the bounty of the coast. History here is written in the debris of storms and the stubborn growth of Spanish moss that clings to the ancient oaks, marking a survival that is both weary and profound. The local economy remains tethered to the shifting currents of the Gulf of Mexico, where the work of the waterman defines the passing hours more surely than any clock. In the quiet streets of Pearlington, life moves at the pace of the slow, muddy river, where the legacy of the past is not a museum piece but a living, breathing weight carried by the people who call this sodden, beautiful intersection of land and tide their own.

About This Pearlington Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pearlington, Mississippi. Coordinates: 30.246584, -89.611167. 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 Pearlington includes the ZIP code (39572), telephone area code (228), county seat of Hancock County (Bay St. Louis), and school district assignment (Hancock 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.