Roxie Mississippi Map

About Roxie, Mississippi

Roxie is a locality in Franklin County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 469. The population density is 103.1 people per km². Roxie is located at 31.5046°N, 91.0690°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Roxie is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 39661.

Roxie occupies a quiet corner of the Mississippi landscape, where the land moves in long, slow swells of pine-dusted earth. It lies 20.1 miles east of Natchez, MS (from Natchez, MS: bearing 101°T), and is situated 21.4 miles east of Vidalia. Wells Creek carves a winding path through the heavy clay and silt just a short distance from the center, its tea-colored waters pulling at the roots of sycamores and willows that lean toward the current. Beyond the immediate banks, the terrain rises into soft, wooded bluffs that feel ancient and still, particularly as the golden hour light catches the needles of the loblolly pines. To the south, the expansive canopy of the Homochitto National Forest begins just two miles from the outskirts, offering a dense, green threshold that defines the edge of the horizon. The air here holds a deep, humid weight, smelling of damp soil and sun-warmed resin, a scent that seems to anchor Roxie to the very center of the woods.

Economic life in Roxie has long looked toward the timber and the soil, with the surrounding expanse of the Homochitto National Forest serving as both a provider and a guardian of the region's character. The history of the area is etched into the quiet roads that lead toward the Natchez Coravel Pits, where the earth reveals the layers of a deeper, prehistoric past in its jagged, ochre-hued slopes. On weekends, the stillness is often broken by those heading toward County Lake, a quiet expanse of water six miles away that reflects the wide, open sky of the interior plains. Life in Roxie moves in accordance with the turning of the seasons, characterized by a persistent, unforced patience that treats the passage of time not as a race, but as a slow, deliberate accumulation of sun and rain.

About This Roxie Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Roxie, Mississippi. Coordinates: 31.504613, -91.068993. 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 Roxie includes the ZIP code (39661), telephone area code (228), county seat of Franklin County (Meadville), and school district assignment (Franklin 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.