Tchula Mississippi Map

About Tchula, Mississippi

Tchula is a locality in Holmes County, Mississippi, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,652. The population density is 453.0 people per km². Tchula is located at 33.1829°N, 90.2229°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Tchula is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 39169.

Tchula occupies a flat, expansive stretch of the Mississippi Delta where the land lies heavy and fertile, defined by the slow, meandering path of Tchula Lake as it cuts through the silty earth. It lies 23.2 miles south of Greenwood, MS (from Greenwood, MS: bearing 186°T), and is situated 25.0 miles north-northeast of Yazoo City. The horizon here is wide and unobstructed, a vast bowl of sky that presses down upon the fields, illuminating the deep green of crops and the tangled, verdant edges of the Morgan Brake National Wildlife Refuge that borders the northern boundary. In the late afternoon, the light turns a thick, bruised gold, catching the dust stirred up from the surrounding agricultural plots and casting long, sharp shadows across the quiet roads. Beyond the immediate reach of the fields, the landscape remains stubbornly level, save for the distant, faint suggestion of Millers Hill marking the horizon line like a thumbprint against the gray-blue haze.

History in Tchula is written in the furrows of the soil, a legacy of labor and endurance that continues to shape the local economy through the rhythm of the planting and harvest seasons. The town functions as a steady point of gravity for the surrounding farms, where the reliance on the land remains the primary pulse of daily life. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, far removed from the frantic noise of industry, finding its own cadence in the quiet intersections where the past is rarely spoken but always present. Residents look toward the nearby waters of Bee Lake for stillness, and the collective memory of the populace carries the weight of a long, sun-drenched tenure in the Delta, maintaining a quiet dignity that persists long after the tractors have been silenced for the night.

About This Tchula Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Tchula, Mississippi. Coordinates: 33.182903, -90.222863. 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 Tchula includes the ZIP code (39169), telephone area code (601), county seat of Holmes County (Lexington), and school district assignment (Holmes 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.