Raymond Mississippi Map

About Raymond, Mississippi

Raymond is a locality in Hinds County, Mississippi, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,960. The population density is 262.7 people per km². Raymond is located at 32.2610°N, 90.4090°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Raymond is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 39154.

Raymond occupies a landscape of soft, sun-drenched earth where the horizon is defined by the distant, hazy silhouette of the Walnut Hills. It lies 8.2 miles southwest of Clinton, MS (from Clinton, MS: bearing 226°T), and is situated 14.2 miles west of Jackson. The land here slopes gently, broken by the quiet, winding presence of Snake Creek, which cuts a narrow path through the dense, verdant thickets a mile from the center. Nearby, the still, glassy surface of Raymond Lake reflects the expansive Mississippi sky, holding the light of late afternoon in a calm, silver grip. In the heat of the day, the air thickens with the scent of damp soil and drying pine, carrying a stillness that settles over the fields and the scattered, wooded edges of the property line.

Raymond bears the weight of a long, deliberate history, its character forged by the slow persistence of agricultural cycles and the enduring presence of nineteenth-century brickwork that anchors the square. The economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the surrounding acreage, where the land has been worked by generations, and the pace of life favors the patient observation of a changing season over the frantic pulse of the city. While Brighton Park provides a quiet green sanctuary for those seeking the shade of oaks just a few miles away, the core of daily existence remains focused on the local courthouse and the narrow streets that have seen the town’s slow evolution. There is a particular beauty in the way the shadows lengthen across the old facades at dusk, marking a quiet, steady continuity in a place that has long preferred to keep its own time.

About This Raymond Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Raymond, Mississippi. Coordinates: 32.260966, -90.409023. 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 Raymond includes the ZIP code (39154), telephone area code (601), county seat of Hinds County (Jackson), and school district assignment (Hinds 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.