Sledge Mississippi Map

About Sledge, Mississippi

Sledge is a locality in Quitman County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 368. The population density is 266.1 people per km². Sledge is located at 34.4321°N, 90.2209°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Sledge is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 38670.

Sledge rises from the flat, alluvial expanse of the Mississippi Delta, where the horizon stretches wide and the sky claims an immense, heavy clarity. It lies 25.6 miles northeast of Clarksdale, MS (from Clarksdale, MS: bearing 51°T), and is situated 19.2 miles southwest of Senatobia. Hope Bayou carves a slow, deliberate path through the landscape, its dark waters reflecting the shifting weight of the clouds that congregate over the horizon. Beyond the immediate fields, the terrain remains unyieldingly level, save for the faint, distant suggestion of Cemetery Ridge, which marks the edge of the world far to the east. Only two miles away, the quiet stillness of Flag Lake mirrors the intense, humid light of mid-afternoon, while the nearby Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ms provides a sanctuary where the tall grasses sway in rhythm with the heat. The air here holds a stillness that feels ancient, thick with the scent of damp earth and the subtle, persistent hum of insects that define the long, golden hours of the afternoon.

Sledge carries the quiet weight of a history rooted deeply in the agricultural cycles of the Delta, where the economy has long been dictated by the yield of the soil and the temperament of the seasons. Life in Sledge moves in accordance with the slow, seasonal labor of the fields, a rhythm established generations ago and maintained through the quiet persistence of those who remain. While the town remains a modest intersection of roads and memory, the influence of the surrounding landscape—stretching seven miles toward the subtle depression of Viney Rough—shapes the daily perspective of its inhabitants. There is a singular beauty in the way the dusk settles over the cotton rows, turning the monochrome fields into shades of bruised violet and gray. In the silence that follows the day’s work, one senses the endurance of a place that asks for little, yet remains firmly anchored to the dark, fertile ground that has sustained it since its founding.

About This Sledge Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sledge, Mississippi. Coordinates: 34.432052, -90.220926. 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 Sledge includes the ZIP code (38670), telephone area code (601, 769), county seat of Quitman County (Marks), and school district assignment (Quitman 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.