Shaw Mississippi Map

About Shaw, Mississippi

Shaw is a locality in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,457. The population density is 505.4 people per km². Shaw is located at 33.6018°N, 90.7737°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Shaw is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 38773.

Shaw occupies a vast, level expanse of the Mississippi Delta where the horizon stretches thin and flat, broken only by the occasional silhouette of a grain silo or the jagged, dark line of distant tree rows. It lies 10.2 miles south-southwest of Cleveland, MS (from Cleveland, MS: bearing 196°T), and is situated 12.5 miles north-northwest of Indianola. Porter Bayou cuts a slow, muddy path through the perimeter, its sluggish waters mirroring the heavy, humid sky that presses down upon the fields. In the heat of the afternoon, the air thickens with the scent of damp earth and drying stalks, creating a stillness that seems to suspend the very motion of the light. Beyond the immediate reach of the town, the land transitions into the managed wildness of the Indianola Wildlife Management Area, where the scrub and brush provide a muted contrast to the relentless, manicured order of the surrounding agricultural grid.

Economic life in Shaw remains tethered to the deep, dark soil that has defined the region’s labor for generations, a legacy etched into the orderly rows of cotton and soy that dominate the view in every direction. The architecture of the streets carries the weight of a long tenure, with storefronts and weathered brick structures holding their ground against the encroachment of vines and the persistent, encroaching humidity. While the Delta Experimental Forest sits twelve miles away as a quiet reminder of the landscape’s original state, the present reality of Shaw is one of quiet endurance and a deliberate, measured pace. Life here moves according to the turning of the seasons and the demands of the harvest, maintaining a singular, heavy-lidded character that persists long after the sun has dipped below the edge of the plains.

About This Shaw Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Shaw, Mississippi. Coordinates: 33.601782, -90.773708. 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 Shaw includes the ZIP code (38773), telephone area code (662), county seat of Bolivar County (Cleveland), and school district assignment (West Bolivar 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.