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Shelby Mississippi Map

Explore Shelby, 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 Shelby, Mississippi

How to Use This Shelby, Mississippi Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Shelby, 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 Shelby.

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

Latitude	33.950944
Longitude	-90.767878
Population	2,021
Density	285.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	38774
Area Code	662
County Seat	Cleveland
School District	North Bolivar Consolidated School District

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About Shelby, Mississippi

Shelby is a locality in Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,021. The population density is 285.7 people per km². Shelby is located at 33.9509°N, 90.7679°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Shelby is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 38774.

Shelby emerges from the flat, obsidian-rich earth of the Mississippi Delta like a quiet observation held in the heat of a long afternoon. It lies 14.5 miles north of Cleveland, MS (from Cleveland, MS: bearing 350°T), and is situated 19.9 miles northwest of Ruleville. The horizon remains stubbornly level, a vast expanse of agricultural geometry where the sky exerts a heavy, luminous pressure upon the fields. To the west, the slow, muddy pulse of Mound Bayou carves a humid vein through the silt, while the still, shadowed surface of Raineys Lake gathers the indigo light of dusk four miles to the east. Far beyond these low-lying plains, the faint, hazy suggestion of Annis Ridge haunts the distant rim of the world, providing a rare vertical counterpoint to the relentless horizontality of the landscape.

Shelby carries the weight of a century’s labor in its architecture, a place where the economy remains tethered to the rhythmic cycle of the planting and the harvest. The proximity to the Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ms ensures that the surrounding wilder patches are respected, maintaining a balance between the managed rows of cotton and the tangled, verdant resilience of the native brush. Life here moves with a deliberation born of high humidity and deep soil, echoing the cultural persistence that has defined the region for generations. In the quiet intersections of Shelby, one hears the legacy of a singular musical tradition that rose from this very dirt, a sound as grounded and enduring as the dark, heavy earth that sustains it.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ms (National Wildlife Refuge) — 3.3 mi, 206° SW · 20k acres
Charlie Capps (State Recreation Area) — 11.7 mi, 243° SW
Martin & Sue King Railroad Museum (Museum) — 14.6 mi, 170° S
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 14.6 mi, 170° S
Great River Road State Park (State Park) — 16.6 mi, 245° SW
Dockery Farms (Attraction) — 17.6 mi, 150° SE
Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 18.8 mi, 287° W · 314k acres
Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge.Proposed Wilderness Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 19.7 mi, 301° NW · 945 acres
The Crossroads (Monument) — 20.5 mi, 035° NE
Trusten Holder (State Conservation Area) — 22.2 mi, 274° W
William Fisher Johnson (Monument) — 28.5 mi, 216° SW
O'Keefe Wma (State Conservation Area) — 29.1 mi, 069° E
Charley Patton (Monument) — 35.0 mi, 179° S
St. Charles Museum (Museum) — 36.1 mi, 324° NW
Rice-Totten Stadium (Stadium) — 39.1 mi, 141° SE
Greenville History Museum (Museum) — 40.9 mi, 204° SW
E.E. Bass Cultural Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 41.2 mi, 204° SW
Father Pere Marquette Statue (Public Artwork) — 41.3 mi, 013° N
Battery B (Historic Ruins) — 41.3 mi, 014° N
Battery A (Historic Ruins) — 41.8 mi, 014° N
Lily Peter Auditorium (Theatre) — 41.9 mi, 012° N
Florewood River Plantation Museum (Museum) — 42.0 mi, 134° SE
Greenville Cypress Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 43.2 mi, 204° SW
Museum of the Mississippi Delta (Museum) — 43.4 mi, 132° SE
St. Francis National Forest (National Forest) — 43.4 mi, 010° N · 21k acres
Holly Springs National Forest (National Forest) — 50.9 mi, 085° E · 156k acres
Cane Creek State Park (State Park) — 55.6 mi, 268° W
Confederate redoubt (Historic Castle / Fort) — 58.2 mi, 100° E
Confederate fort (Historic Castle / Fort) — 58.5 mi, 101° E

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