Silver City Mississippi Map

About Silver City, Mississippi

Silver City is a locality in Humphreys County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 223. The population density is 142.6 people per km². Silver City is located at 33.0965°N, 90.4968°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Silver City is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 39166.

Silver City emerges from the flat, alluvial expanse of the Delta like a quiet thought held in the mind of the plains. It lies 17.5 miles north-northwest of Yazoo City, MS (from Yazoo City, MS: bearing 342°T), and is situated 34.3 miles south-southwest of Greenwood. Silver Creek carves a languid, muddy path through the silty earth, its slow-moving current reflecting the heavy, humid sky that presses down upon the fields. To the west, the landscape stretches toward the horizon in a vast, unbroken horizon of agricultural rows, while the nearby waters of Hard Cash Lake hold the stillness of the afternoon in their dark, quiet depths. The light here has a tactile weight, thick with the scent of damp soil and the encroaching shadows of the afternoon, turning the edges of the horizon into a soft, indistinct blur of gray and green.

Agriculture remains the primary pulse of Silver City, where the cycle of the seasons dictates the cadence of every workday. Beyond the fields, the proximity of the Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge provides a sanctuary for the migratory birds and local fauna that move through the dense brush and timber. History clings to the architecture of the older structures, where weathered brick and peeling paint tell of a time when the rails and the river dictated the flow of commerce. Life in Silver City operates at a measured, deliberate pace, defined by the persistence of the land and the quiet endurance of those who work it, finding a kind of grace in the simple, repetitive labor of the seasons.

About This Silver City Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Silver City, Mississippi. Coordinates: 33.096515, -90.496757. 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 Silver City includes the ZIP code (39166), telephone area code (601), county seat of Humphreys County (Belzoni), and school district assignment (Humphreys 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.