Ruleville Mississippi Map

About Ruleville, Mississippi

Ruleville is a locality in Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,642. The population density is 405.1 people per km². Ruleville is located at 33.7259°N, 90.5515°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Ruleville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 38771.

Ruleville occupies a flat, expansive stretch of the Mississippi Delta where the horizon pulls the sky down to meet the dark, fertile earth. It lies 10.0 miles east of Cleveland, MS (from Cleveland, MS: bearing 97°T), and is situated 6.0 miles south-southwest of Drew. The landscape is defined by its unrelenting levelness, a vast expanse of agricultural fields that shimmer under the heat of the afternoon sun. Burrell Bayou moves with a sluggish, deliberate pace just a mile away, its banks lined with dense thickets and growth that seem to absorb the humidity of the air. At the center of the grid, Ruleville Memorial Park offers a small, quiet patch of green where the shade of trees provides a necessary respite from the intensity of the light. There is a peculiar clarity to the dusk here, when the long shadows of the grain silos stretch across the road and the air grows heavy with the scent of damp soil and drying stalks.

Agriculture remains the primary pulse of the economy in Ruleville, rooted in the deep, black dirt that has supported cotton and soybean harvests for generations. The town carries the weight of a complex history, marked by the resilience of those who labored in the fields and the activists who sought change from within these quiet streets. Life proceeds at a measured pace, governed more by the cycle of planting and harvest than by the frantic ticking of a clock. While Bee Lake sits seventeen miles away, the daily focus remains on the immediate surroundings, where the legacy of the Delta blues and the persistence of local families shape the character of the community. In the stillness of the evening, one can feel the endurance of the land, a persistent quality that defines the rhythm of work and rest for everyone living in Ruleville.

About This Ruleville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Ruleville, Mississippi. Coordinates: 33.725948, -90.551481. 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 Ruleville includes the ZIP code (38771), telephone area code (662), county seat of Sunflower County (Indianola), and school district assignment (Sunflower County Consolidated 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.