Smithville Mississippi Map

About Smithville, Mississippi

Smithville is a locality in Monroe County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 509. The population density is 132.4 people per km². Smithville is located at 34.0701°N, 88.3912°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Smithville is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 38870.

Smithville occupies a landscape of quiet, persistent green, where the earth swells into low, timbered rises that seem to hold the heat of the afternoon in their heavy soil. It lies 22.1 miles southeast of Tupelo, MS (from Tupelo, MS: bearing 126°T), and is situated 8.1 miles northeast of Amory. Blue Water Creek traces a winding path through the local topography, its presence marked by the thick, tangled growth of hardwoods that lean toward the water as if listening to the steady, rhythmic draw of the current. A mile away, the stillness of Pool B offers a reflective surface for the shifting clouds, while the distant, hazy silhouette of Pea Ridge defines the western horizon, anchoring the wide, inland expanse of the countryside. Here, the light at dusk has a way of thickening, turning the fields into a muted palette of amber and slate that feels both ancient and entirely immediate.

Smithville emerged from the labor of those who cleared the dense timber and turned the clay, establishing a life tethered to the cycles of the seasons and the land’s quiet productivity. The local economy persists in the steady pulse of agriculture and the small, vital trades that sustain a life away from the frantic pace of larger hubs. Residents often find their way to the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway at Glover Wilkins, where the intersection of managed recreation and the raw, unhurried flow of the landscape provides a common ground for the daily rhythm of the neighborhood. It is a place where the history of the region is written not in monuments, but in the way the morning mist clings to the low-lying pastures and the enduring, deliberate pace with which the day unfolds.

About This Smithville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Smithville, Mississippi. Coordinates: 34.070107, -88.391154. 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 Smithville includes the ZIP code (38870), telephone area code (662), county seat of Monroe County (Aberdeen), and school district assignment (Monroe 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.