Rawls Springs Mississippi Map

About Rawls Springs, Mississippi

Rawls Springs is a locality in Forrest County, Mississippi, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,202. The population density is 254.2 people per km². Rawls Springs is located at 31.3834°N, 89.3865°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 39402.

Rawls Springs occupies a quiet stretch of land where the persistent, tea-colored flow of Mineral Creek carves a slow path through the dense, verdant undergrowth. It lies 6.1 miles northwest of Hattiesburg, MS (from Hattiesburg, MS: bearing 308°T), and is situated 7.0 miles west-northwest of Petal. The terrain here is defined by low, pine-thickened ridges that slope toward the low-lying expanse of Eatonville Flat, creating a landscape that feels heavy with the humidity of the inland South. During the humid afternoons, the light filters through the canopy in thick, golden shafts, illuminating the fine dust that rises from the unpaved edges of the roads. Beyond the immediate tree line, the horizon remains modest and unassuming, lacking the dramatic elevation of distant peaks like Anderson Hill, which waits ten miles to the west as a mere suggestion of height against the sky.

Rawls Springs maintains a rhythm dictated by the land’s long history of timber and small-scale agriculture, where the legacy of the sawmill era still lingers in the quietude of the backroads. While the proximity to the University Soccer Fields four miles away brings an occasional surge of organized energy to the perimeter, the daily life within the settlement remains rooted in the slow, methodical labor of the forest and the field. Even the distant, quiet water of Dogwood Lake, fourteen miles off, seems to exert a cooling influence on the air, tempering the heat that settles over the pine needles and red clay. Life here unfolds without pretense, a steady accumulation of days spent under a vast, pale sky that seems to hold the weight of the surrounding woods in perfect, immutable balance.

About This Rawls Springs Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Rawls Springs, Mississippi. Coordinates: 31.383398, -89.386531. 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 Rawls Springs includes the ZIP code (39402), telephone area code (601), county seat of Forrest County (Hattiesburg), and school district assignment (Forrest County Schools).

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.