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Shaw Mississippi Map

Explore Shaw, Mississippi, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Shaw, Mississippi

How to Use This Shaw, Mississippi Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Shaw, Mississippi. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Mississippi or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Shaw.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Shaw
State	Mississippi (MS)
County	Bolivar County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	33.601782
Longitude	-90.773708
Population	1,457
Density	505.4 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	38773
Area Code	662
County Seat	Cleveland
School District	West Bolivar Consolidated School District

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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.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Indianola Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.0 mi, 100° E
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ms (National Wildlife Refuge) — 7.7 mi, 097° E · 20k acres
Dahomey National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 7.8 mi, 311° NW · 19k acres
Bear Pen Park (Local Park) — 9.3 mi, 004° N
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 9.9 mi, 017° N
Martin & Sue King Railroad Museum (Museum) — 10.2 mi, 017° N
Delta Experimental Forest (Recreation Easement) — 10.5 mi, 219° SW
Stoneville Wma (State Conservation Area) — 10.5 mi, 219° SW
Charley Patton (Monument) — 10.9 mi, 175° S
Dockery Farms (Attraction) — 12.6 mi, 046° NE
Nathaniel 'Slim' Jack (Monument) — 12.8 mi, 145° SE
Club Ebony - Indianola (Monument) — 12.9 mi, 146° SE
Charlie Capps (State Recreation Area) — 21.1 mi, 331° NW
Greenville History Museum (Museum) — 21.1 mi, 232° SW
E.E. Bass Cultural Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 21.1 mi, 230° SW
Great River Road State Park (State Park) — 21.7 mi, 318° NW
Greenville Cypress Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 23.0 mi, 228° SW
Rice-Totten Stadium (Stadium) — 25.6 mi, 104° E
Lake Chicot State Park (State Park) — 28.2 mi, 236° SW
Florewood River Plantation Museum (Museum) — 30.8 mi, 100° E
Museum of the Mississippi Delta (Museum) — 32.8 mi, 099° E
Delta National Forest (National Forest) — 45.0 mi, 178° S · 61k acres
Sunflower Waterfowl Project (Nature Reserve) — 52.6 mi, 181° S
Christ Centered Cross (Public Artwork) — 55.0 mi, 077° E
St. Charles Museum (Museum) — 57.3 mi, 339° N
Holly Springs National Forest (National Forest) — 58.5 mi, 061° NE · 156k acres
Confederate redoubt (Historic Castle / Fort) — 59.2 mi, 076° E
Confederate fort (Historic Castle / Fort) — 59.3 mi, 077° E
University of Arkansas at Monticello Fine Arts Center (Theatre) — 59.7 mi, 269° W
Battery B (Historic Ruins) — 65.1 mi, 009° N

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