Pleasant Hill Mississippi Map

About Pleasant Hill, Mississippi

Pleasant Hill is a locality in Union County, Mississippi, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,863. Pleasant Hill is located at 34.5320°N, 88.9445°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 38652.

Pleasant Hill marks the convergence of red clay soil and the persistent, low-slung humidity of the inland plains. It lies 23.4 miles northwest of Tupelo, MS (from Tupelo, MS: bearing 324°T), and is situated 4.5 miles northeast of New Albany. Wilhite Creek carves a winding path through the local terrain, its waters often stained the color of rusted iron as they pull silt toward the horizon. To the east, the elevation shifts toward the slopes of Rakestraw Mountain, which rises as a dark, silent silhouette against the heavy, violet bruised clouds of a summer evening. The light here clings to the landscape, turning the thickets of kudzu into soft, velvet mounds that obscure the sharp edges of the land until the sun retreats behind the distant, shadowed ridges.

Pleasant Hill maintains a quiet economy tethered to the slow yield of the fields and the seasonal rhythms of local timber. Generations have moved across this geography with a deliberate gravity, their lives shaped by the proximity of King Creek Bottoms and the occasional retreat to the greenery of Alabama Street Park. The legacy of the area lingers in the weathered wood of older structures and the stillness that settles over the roads when the work is done. Far from the reach of any coast, the atmosphere remains dense and heavy with the scent of damp earth and pine, defining a place where the passage of time is measured not by clocks, but by the gradual change of the season and the steady, unceasing flow of Wilhite Creek.

About This Pleasant Hill Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pleasant Hill, Mississippi. Coordinates: 34.532045, -88.944507. 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 Pleasant Hill includes the ZIP code (38652), telephone area code (601, 769), county seat of Union County (New Albany), and school district assignment.

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.