Pheba Mississippi Map

About Pheba, Mississippi

Pheba is a locality in Clay County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 160. The population density is 29.6 people per km². Pheba is located at 33.5843°N, 88.9498°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 39755.

Pheba rises from the quiet, red-clay earth of the Mississippi interior, where the horizon stretches wide and the sky holds a heavy, humid clarity. It lies 12.0 miles northwest of Starkville, MS (from Starkville, MS: bearing 321°T), and is situated 17.3 miles west of West Point. The landscape around Pheba is defined by the steady, unpretentious progression of farmland and thickets, punctuated only by the low, distant silhouette of Choctaw Ridge marking the skyline. Water defines the local geography, with Double Cabin Creek winding through the brush just a mile away, and the still, contemplative surface of Brewer Lake resting only four miles beyond the outskirts. In the late afternoon, the sunlight catches the dust kicked up from rural roads, casting a long, amber glow that softens the sharp edges of the fields and settles into the hollows of the landscape like a fine, golden silt.

History in Pheba is marked by the slow, deliberate work of the soil and the generations who have tended to it, shaping an economy rooted deep in agricultural tradition. The rhythm of life here is dictated by the seasons, moving in sync with the planting and harvest cycles that have sustained the region for as long as the old fences have stood. While the proximity to the Mississippi State University School of Forest Resources provides a silent, academic backdrop to the local timber and land management practices, the daily character of the place remains firmly tied to the land itself. Residents often look toward the nearby Trim Cane Wma for a sense of untamed space, finding a quiet, enduring beauty in the scrub and woods that persist just beyond the reach of the plow.

About This Pheba Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pheba, Mississippi. Coordinates: 33.584287, -88.94978. 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 Pheba includes the ZIP code (39755), telephone area code (662), county seat of Clay County (West Point), and school district assignment (West Point Consolidated 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.