Silver Creek Mississippi Map

About Silver Creek, Mississippi

Silver Creek is a locality in Lawrence County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 175. The population density is 45.3 people per km². Silver Creek is located at 31.6052°N, 89.9984°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Silver Creek is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 39663.

Silver Creek emerges from the humid, verdant expanse of the Pine Belt, defined by the steady, dark-watered passage of the namesake waterway that snakes through the lowland timber. It lies 26.1 miles east of Brookhaven, MS (from Brookhaven, MS: bearing 86°T), and is situated 26.2 miles north-northwest of Columbia. Beyond the immediate banks, the topography transitions into a series of modest elevations that roll toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Hope Hill. The air here holds a heavy, pressurized stillness, often thick with the scent of damp pine needles and the earthy musk of the nearby Hooker Hollow. Sunlight filters through the dense canopy in shifting, amber-toned shafts, illuminating the fine, silty loam that characterizes the forest floor and creates a distinct, muted palette of ochre and deep, chlorophyll-rich green.

Silver Creek functions as a quiet nexus of agrarian tradition and timber production, its economy deeply tethered to the slow, deliberate work of the land and the processing of raw forest yields. While the modern pace remains tempered, the echoes of a rail-based past linger in the layout of the streets, suggesting a time when the transit of goods dictated the rhythm of daily life. Residents find recreation in the broader regional landscape, often traveling toward Lake Lincoln State Park for the relief of its managed woods or looking toward the quiet, still waters of Martin Lake for a reprieve from the summer heat. The character of Silver Creek persists in this balance, a place where the persistence of rural labor meets the patient, slow growth of the surrounding woodland, undisturbed by the frantic velocity of larger centers.

About This Silver Creek Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Silver Creek, Mississippi. Coordinates: 31.605168, -89.998416. 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 Creek includes the ZIP code (39663), telephone area code (228), county seat of Lawrence County (Monticello), and school district assignment (Lawrence 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.