Potts Camp Mississippi Map

About Potts Camp, Mississippi

Potts Camp is a locality in Marshall County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 416. The population density is 165.4 people per km². Potts Camp is located at 34.6462°N, 89.3054°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Potts Camp is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 38659.

Potts Camp occupies a quiet corner of the northern Mississippi landscape where the earth yields to the persistent, winding course of Oaklimeter Creek. It lies 22.8 miles north-northeast of Oxford, MS (from Oxford, MS: bearing 32°T), and is situated 19.9 miles west-northwest of New Albany. Moisture clings to the heavy air here, softening the edges of the hardwoods that define the nearby Holly Springs National Forest, which begins its sprawl at the very edge of the settlement. To the east, the ground lifts toward the distant horizon where the silhouette of Pea Ridge marks the limit of the view, while the local terrain remains defined by the humbler, sun-drenched elevation of the immediate woodland. Near the quiet surface of Cox Lake, the light at dusk takes on a bruised, violet quality that seems to hold the heat of the day long after the shadows have lengthened across the low-lying fields.

History in Potts Camp resides in the quiet persistence of its people and the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons that govern the regional economy. The land, once defined by the labor of the soil, now carries a settled stillness, punctuated by the occasional movement of a freight train or the hum of local commerce that serves those living between the forested ridges and the deeper reaches of the county. Life here follows a cadence set by the cycles of the timber industry and the small-scale cultivation that has defined this territory for generations. Beyond the reach of Richmond Hollow, the character of the place remains fixed in a patient, unhurried observation of its own growth, where the sound of wind through the pines often serves as the only witness to the passing afternoon.

About This Potts Camp Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Potts Camp, Mississippi. Coordinates: 34.64621, -89.305352. 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 Potts Camp includes the ZIP code (38659), telephone area code (601, 769), county seat of Marshall County (Holly Springs), and school district assignment (Marshall County 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.