Quitman County, Mississippi Map
Explore Quitman County, Mississippi with this interactive street and satellite map. Browse all 7 cities and towns in Quitman County below.
Interactive Map of Quitman County, Mississippi
| County | Quitman |
| State | Mississippi (MS) |
| County Seat | Marks |
| Country | United States of America |
| Latitude | 34.33122 |
| Longitude | -90.234775 |
| Cities & Towns | 7 |
| Area Codes | 601, 769 |
About Quitman County, Mississippi
Quitman County occupies a portion of the Mississippi Delta where the earth is so level it seems to hold the sky at a distance, allowing the horizon to stretch into a thin, hazy line of heat. The Tallahatchie River bisects this expanse, its dark, sluggish current carving a path through alluvial soil that remains heavy and black, capable of gripping a boot with the persistence of memory. To the east, the terrain begins a subtle shift, shedding the absolute flatness of the floodplains for the muted, uneven rise of the loess hills. In the late afternoon, the light here loses its sharp edge, turning the atmosphere into a thick, golden medium that makes the towering stands of cypress and the tangled veins of kudzu appear suspended, as if the landscape were a photograph held briefly under water.
Quitman County emerged during the early twentieth century, carved from the edges of four older jurisdictions to consolidate a territory that had been defined by the slow, difficult labor of clearing dense swamp forest. The county seat was established in a place that grew out of the necessity of the rail line, a center point chosen to anchor the scattered timber camps and nascent farms into a singular administrative unit. The architecture of these early days persists in the weathered brick of storefronts that face the railroad tracks, their facades softened by the persistent humidity and the slow, rhythmic accumulation of dust. It is a history written in the physical remains of sawmills and the layout of streets that follow the logic of the steam engine rather than the contours of the river, marking a time when the entire region was being forced into a new, structured alignment.
Agriculture remains the primary pulse of the region, with vast fields of cotton and soybeans dictating the cycles of the year and the color of the landscape as it shifts from the stark, pale brown of winter to the deep, heavy green of summer. The people here move in accordance with the demands of the soil, maintaining a quiet, deliberate pace that respects the sheer scale of the land. Landmarks are often modest, consisting of crossroads where the silence is interrupted only by the distant hum of machinery or the sudden, sharp call of a hawk circling the irrigation pivots. During the humid twilight, when the air settles and the insects begin their evening chorus, the county reveals a singular, enduring character—a place where the weight of the past is not a burden but a presence, felt in the way the shadows lengthen across the furrows and the way the wind moves across the plains without meeting a single obstacle to break its stride.
Cities and Towns in Quitman County
About This Quitman County Map Page
This page provides an interactive map of Quitman County, Mississippi alongside links to detailed street maps for 7 cities and towns. The county seat is Marks. Each city and town map page includes live weather, local news and precise GPS coordinates.
The Search Maps button below the county map opens USGS topographic maps and aerial imagery as base layers, with a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a single-fix GPS readout giving your USNG grid reference and latitude and longitude.
Location data is sourced from the USGS GNIS database and verified by coordinates, not name matching alone.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | USGS GNIS database; coordinates matched to 2020 US Census records |
