Pope Mississippi Map

About Pope, Mississippi

Pope is a locality in Panola County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 268. The population density is 71.4 people per km². Pope is located at 34.2151°N, 89.9479°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Pope is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 38658.

Pope occupies a quiet intersection of earth and sky where the flat, fertile reaches of the lowlands begin to yield to the subtle, stubborn rise of the interior hills. It lies 26.6 miles west-southwest of Oxford, MS (from Oxford, MS: bearing 247°T), and is situated 6.7 miles south of Batesville. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness that seems to press against the green canopy of hardwoods, while the persistent, winding course of Peters Creek carves a shallow, rhythmic path through the soil just a mile from the center of the settlement. To the east, the silhouette of Oak Ridge marks the horizon with a dark, serrated line, standing as a silent sentinel over the fields. As the afternoon light wanes, it turns the dust of the unpaved lanes into a fine, gilded powder, casting long shadows that stretch across the fields and soften the hard edges of the local architecture.

Pope maintains a pace dictated by the seasonal cycle of the land and the slow, deliberate work of those who tend it. Economic life remains tethered to the productivity of the surrounding acreage, where the rhythm of planting and harvest has defined the character of the inhabitants for generations. Four miles away, Enid Lake serves as a focal point for the region, its expansive waters offering a vast, reflective mirror to the sky and providing a place for the quiet industry of recreation. While the memory of past eras lingers in the weathered wood of older structures, the present reality of Pope is found in the steady, quiet endurance of a life lived in accordance with the terrain, far from the frantic currents of more densely populated horizons.

About This Pope Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Pope, Mississippi. Coordinates: 34.215111, -89.947868. 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 Pope includes the ZIP code (38658), telephone area code (601, 769), county seat of Panola County (Batesville), and school district assignment (South Panola 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.