Perry County, Mississippi Map
Explore Perry County, Mississippi with this interactive street and satellite map. Browse all 3 cities and towns in Perry County below.
Interactive Map of Perry County, Mississippi
| County | Perry |
| State | Mississippi (MS) |
| County Seat | New Augusta |
| Country | United States of America |
| Latitude | 31.249161 |
| Longitude | -89.022181 |
| Cities & Towns | 3 |
| Area Codes | 601 |
About Perry County, Mississippi
Perry County occupies a transitional space where the piney woods of the coastal plain begin to assert their dominance over the terrain. The landscape is defined by the steady, dark transit of the Leaf River and its tributaries, which carve deep, sandy-bottomed channels through a mantle of longleaf pine and scrub oak. This is not the monochromatic flatness of the northern lowlands, but a broken, uneven topography where the air holds a heavy, resinous scent, especially when the humidity gathers under the thick canopy of a summer afternoon. The soil here, pale and silica-rich, drains quickly, leaving the ridges dry while the bottomlands remain perpetually cool and shadowed, hosting a tangle of ferns and hardwoods that seem to hold the heat of the day long after the sun has slipped below the horizon.
Perry County emerged from the legislative reorganization of the early nineteenth century, carved from territory that had long seen the passage of indigenous hunters and colonial traders. Its administrative identity was forged in the decades following the removal of native populations, as settlers moved into the interior to establish timber camps and subsistence farms. The seat of government shifted as the needs of the populace moved with the expansion of the rail lines and the timber industry, eventually settling into a quiet permanence that reflects the practical, no-nonsense spirit of the original surveyors. The architecture of these early centers remains grounded in local utility, featuring heavy brick and wood-frame structures that have weathered decades of humid summers, their porches serving as silent, familiar vantage points for watching the slow progression of the seasons.
Industry here has always been tethered to the land, drawing its sustenance from the vast timber stands that define the local economy and the steady labor of those who manage the forest. Life proceeds with a deliberate focus on the practicalities of the day, whether in the maintenance of heavy machinery or the quiet tending of small, private plots of land. At dusk, the quality of light shifts to a bruised, violet hue that emphasizes the stillness of the woods, turning the long rows of pines into a cathedral of shadows. This is a place where the work of the day leaves a physical mark on the hands, and where the community finds its rhythm not in the frantic pace of the cities, but in the enduring, predictable cycle of growth and harvest that dictates the character of the soil itself.
Cities and Towns in Perry County
About This Perry County Map Page
This page provides an interactive map of Perry County, Mississippi alongside links to detailed street maps for 3 cities and towns. The county seat is New Augusta. Each city and town map page includes live weather, local news and precise GPS coordinates.
The Search Maps button below the county map opens USGS topographic maps and aerial imagery as base layers, with a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a single-fix GPS readout giving your USNG grid reference and latitude and longitude.
Location data is sourced from the USGS GNIS database and verified by coordinates, not name matching alone.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | USGS GNIS database; coordinates matched to 2020 US Census records |
