State Line Mississippi Map

About State Line, Mississippi

State Line is a locality in Wayne County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 452. The population density is 40.9 people per km². State Line is located at 31.4363°N, 88.4745°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. State Line is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 39362.

State Line unfolds across a landscape of quiet, low-slung ridges and thick pine stands that define the southeastern corner of its domain. It lies 42.5 miles east-southeast of Laurel, MS (from Laurel, MS: bearing 115°T), and is situated 20.0 miles north-northeast of Leakesville. Mongus Creek serves as the primary artery here, its dark, slow-moving waters carving through the loamy earth just outside the perimeter of the settlement. To the west, the dense, verdant expanse of De Soto National Forest stretches toward the horizon, its canopy filtering the humid air into a soft, diffused glow during the late afternoon. The terrain remains largely unassuming, marked by the steady, unyielding persistence of longleaf pines and the occasional clearing where the ground dips toward the creek bed. Even the distant, solitary rise of Nannie Chufa provides only a minor variation in an otherwise gentle, earth-toned horizon that feels removed from the frantic pace of larger hubs.

State Line maintains a rhythm dictated by the land and the modest commerce that has long supported its people. The local economy persists in the steady extraction of timber and the careful management of agricultural plots, reflecting a history tied to the soil and the sawmills that once hummed at the edge of the woods. Life moves with a deliberate, measured cadence, where the passage of time is marked more by the thinning of the forest or the seasonal swelling of the creek than by the clock. While Turkey Fork Reservoir sits a distance away as a quiet place for reflection, the daily existence in State Line remains grounded in the immediate surroundings, where the heat of the day settles into a cool, quiet stillness that lingers long after the sun has retreated behind the pines.

About This State Line Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of State Line, Mississippi. Coordinates: 31.436279, -88.474466. 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 State Line includes the ZIP code (39362), telephone area code (601), county seat of Wayne County (Waynesboro), and school district assignment (Wayne 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.