Taylorsville Mississippi Map

About Taylorsville, Mississippi

Taylorsville is a locality in Hinds County, Mississippi, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,148. The population density is 114.9 people per km². Taylorsville is located at 31.8322°N, 89.4340°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Taylorsville is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 39212, 39168.

Taylorsville emerges from the dense pine forests of Mississippi as a quiet intersection of timbered land and enduring patience. It lies 3.2 miles north of Byram, MS (from Byram, MS: bearing 7°T), and is situated 5.9 miles south-southwest of Jackson. The landscape surrounding Taylorsville unfolds in a series of modest elevations that soften into the distance, far removed from the clamor of the coast. Only a mile away, the quiet waters of Swan Lake reflect the shifting patterns of the clouds, while the nearby Cany Creek carves a narrow, persistent path through the loamy earth. During the height of the afternoon, the light filters through the canopy in long, amber needles, illuminating the stillness of the Terry where the wilder edges of the woods reclaim the frame of the horizon.

Economic life in Taylorsville has long been tethered to the harvest of the surrounding forests, a tradition that shapes the rhythm of the workdays as surely as the seasons. While the distant silhouette of Beech Ridge remains a faint, hazy suggestion of height far to the north, the local outlook focuses on the immediate productivity of the soil and the legacy of the timber industry. The character of the people is marked by an observant reserve, a quality perhaps encouraged by the vast, quiet stretches of land that separate Taylorsville from the more frantic pace of the wider world. Life here moves with a deliberate gravity, anchored by the cycles of the earth and a collective memory that values the steady, unadorned persistence of the regional way of life.

About This Taylorsville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Taylorsville, Mississippi. Coordinates: 31.832174, -89.433973. 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 Taylorsville includes the ZIP code (39212, 39168), telephone area code (601), county seat of Hinds County (Jackson), and school district assignment (Smith 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.