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Port Gibson Mississippi Map

Explore Port Gibson, Mississippi, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Port Gibson, Mississippi

How to Use This Port Gibson, Mississippi Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Port Gibson, Mississippi. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Mississippi or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Port Gibson.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Port Gibson
State	Mississippi (MS)
County	Claiborne County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	31.960991
Longitude	-90.983994
Population	1,269
Density	279.2 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	39150
Area Code	601
County Seat	Port Gibson
School District	Claiborne County School District

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About Port Gibson, Mississippi

Port Gibson is a locality in Claiborne County, Mississippi, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,269. The population density is 279.2 people per km². Port Gibson is located at 31.9610°N, 90.9840°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Port Gibson is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 39150.

Port Gibson occupies a quiet fold of the Mississippi landscape, defined by the winding course of the Little Bayou Pierre that carves through the earth less than a mile from the center. It lies 27.8 miles south-southwest of Vicksburg, MS (from Vicksburg, MS: bearing 193°T), and is situated 33.1 miles south-southeast of Tallulah. The terrain surrounding Port Gibson consists of fertile, loess-bluff soils that rise into uneven slopes, leading the eye toward the distant, modest elevation of Lookout Point four miles away. To the west, the landscape settles into the lush, dense greenery characteristic of the region, where the humidity clings to the heavy leaves of magnolias and oaks. During the late afternoon, the light here turns a bruised, honeyed gold, casting long shadows across the fields that stretch toward the horizon, while the proximity of Lake Claiborne three miles distant keeps the air thick and humming with the respiration of insects and damp earth.

Port Gibson maintains a deliberate, measured pace of life, anchored by a history that remains visible in the preservation of its mid-nineteenth-century architecture. The local economy relies on the steady rhythms of agriculture and the maintenance of its trade routes, echoing a time when the prosperity of the land dictated the fortunes of those who worked it. Residents often look toward the nearby Canemount Wma seven miles away as a testament to the wilder, wooded character of the territory that persists despite the encroachment of modern industry. While the Winter Quarters Crevasse lies twelve miles off, marking the deeper, darker scars of the region's geological past, the daily life of Port Gibson continues with a quiet tenacity, defined by the slow movement of the river and the unchanging, heavy stillness of the humid woods.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Irwin Russell Memorial Museum (Museum) — 0.4 mi, 163° S
Sunken Trace (Attraction) — 1.8 mi, 068° E
Mangum Site (Attraction) — 5.4 mi, 066° NE
Canemount Wma (State Conservation Area) — 7.1 mi, 261° W
Windsor Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 8.6 mi, 261° W
Canemount (State Conservation Area) — 8.8 mi, 259° W
Lake Bruin State Park (State Park) — 12.6 mi, 268° W
Lsu Research Station (Recreation Easement) — 14.2 mi, 267° W
Division Of State Lands (State Resource Management Area) — 16.3 mi, 286° W
Homochitto National Forest (National Forest) — 18.4 mi, 141° SE · 192k acres
Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.1 mi, 326° NW · 156k acres
I-20 Rest Area (State Recreation Area) — 25.0 mi, 359° N
South Fort (Historic Castle / Fort) — 25.0 mi, 011° N
Grant's Canal (Monument) — 25.0 mi, 007° N
Mississippi River Overlook (Viewpoint) — 25.3 mi, 012° N
Virginia Memorial (Monument) — 25.4 mi, 013° N
South Carolina Memorial (Monument) — 25.7 mi, 013° N
Emerald Mound (Historic Ruins) — 27.3 mi, 215° SW
Natchez State Park (State Park) — 27.3 mi, 206° SW
Lower Mississippi River Museum (Museum) — 27.8 mi, 012° N
Battery De Golyer (Public Artwork) — 28.4 mi, 017° N
USS Cairo Museum (Museum) — 29.5 mi, 013° N
Farm Service Agency Interest Of La (National Wildlife Refuge) — 31.0 mi, 272° W · 9,337 acres
Elizabeth Female Academy (Attraction) — 32.3 mi, 214° SW
Ken Beesley, Sr. Field (Stadium) — 36.7 mi, 221° SW
Melrose (Attraction) — 37.2 mi, 220° SW
Martin Performing Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 37.4 mi, 221° SW
Vidalia Riverfront Ampitheatre (Theatre) — 37.5 mi, 223° SW
Delta National Forest (National Forest) — 49.1 mi, 009° N · 61k acres

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