Sunflower Mississippi Map

About Sunflower, Mississippi

Sunflower is a locality in Prentiss County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 964. The population density is 614.2 people per km². Sunflower is located at 33.5443°N, 90.5373°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Sunflower is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 38829, 38778.

Sunflower anchors itself upon the flat, alluvial expanse of the Mississippi Delta, where the horizon stretches thin and wide under a heavy, moisture-laden sky. It lies 18.7 miles south of Corinth, MS (from Corinth, MS: bearing 185°T), and is situated 1.0 miles east-northeast of Booneville. Sunlight here possesses a distinct, syrupy quality, thickening as it filters through the dense canopy of pecan trees and the tangled, climbing verdancy of kudzu that clings to the roadside fences. To the west, the land pulls toward the Tuscumbia River, a slow-moving artery that carved the character of this soil long before the first timber was cleared. While the distant silhouette of Riddle Wind Ridge marks the edge of the world on a clear day, the immediate geography remains defined by the low-slung prairie and the quiet, persistent pulse of the earth, which seems to exhale a humid warmth long after the sun has dipped toward Piney Grove Hollow.

Sunflower maintains a rhythm dictated by the seasonal cycles of cotton and soybean cultivation, an agricultural heritage that remains the marrow of the local economy. Workers and families congregate at Booneville City Park, a central space where the stillness of the afternoon is often broken by the low murmur of conversation and the distant hum of machinery from the nearby fields. The legacy of the region is etched into the weathered brick facades and the sprawling, quiet porches that define the residential streets, speaking to an era of rural expansion that persists in the slow, deliberate pace of daily life. Even the nearby waters of Booneville Lake offer little more than a mirror for the passing clouds, serving as a silent, stagnant witness to the enduring, unhurried persistence of the people who call Sunflower home.

About This Sunflower Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sunflower, Mississippi. Coordinates: 33.544296, -90.537289. 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 Sunflower includes the ZIP code (38829, 38778), telephone area code (662), county seat of Prentiss County (Booneville), and school district assignment (Sunflower County Consolidated 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.