Tillatoba Mississippi Map

About Tillatoba, Mississippi

Tillatoba is a locality in Yalobusha County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 95. The population density is 36.2 people per km². Tillatoba is located at 33.9848°N, 89.8968°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Tillatoba is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 38961.

Tillatoba sits amidst a landscape of quiet, red-clay hills where the humid air thickens with the scent of pine needles and damp earth. It lies 15.8 miles north-northwest of Grenada, MS (from Grenada, MS: bearing 341°T), and is situated 19.1 miles southwest of Water Valley. Sunlight filters through the dense canopy of Holly Springs National Forest, casting elongated, shifting shadows over the uneven ground just two miles from the village edge. A short distance away, the dark, slow-moving waters of Simmons Creek carve a modest path through the brush, while four miles to the north, the surface of Lake Tillatoba reflects the pale, wide sky of the interior plains. On the distant horizon, the faint, blue silhouette of Oak Ridge breaks the line of the sky, serving as a permanent, silent marker of the geography that defines this inland expanse.

Tillatoba emerged from the quiet push of agricultural expansion, its history tied to the stubborn productivity of the soil and the rhythm of seasonal harvests. The local economy remains anchored to the land, where the labor of small-scale farming and timber management dictates the pace of the day. Life in Tillatoba moves in accordance with the turning of the crops, far removed from the frantic noise of larger centers, maintaining a stillness that seems to gather in the hollows between the trees. Even as the decades have passed, the character of the place has remained consistent, defined by the enduring patience of those who work the fields and the steady, unhurried flow of the nearby watercourses.

About This Tillatoba Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Tillatoba, Mississippi. Coordinates: 33.984835, -89.896755. 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 Tillatoba includes the ZIP code (38961), telephone area code (228), county seat of Yalobusha County (Water Valley), and school district assignment (Coffeeville 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.