Tishomingo Mississippi Map

About Tishomingo, Mississippi

Tishomingo is a locality in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 370. The population density is 167.5 people per km². Tishomingo is located at 34.6368°N, 88.2317°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Tishomingo is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 38873.

Tishomingo emerges from the verdant, broken landscape where King Creek carves its path through the bedrock, defining the rhythm of the immediate terrain. It lies 26.4 miles southeast of Corinth, MS (from Corinth, MS: bearing 141°T), and is situated 8.9 miles north of Belmont. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness, a weight that settles against the skin like damp wool during the long, golden afternoons. Beyond the immediate banks of the creek, the land rises into the rugged, wooded slopes that climb toward Chinquapin Ridge in the distance. The light at dusk softens the sharp edges of the limestone, casting long, bruised shadows across the forest floor where Tishomingo State Park preserves the ancient, tangled character of the woodland. Three miles away, the vast, quiet expanse of Bay Springs Lake reflects the sky, acting as a stillness that anchors the surrounding hills.

Tishomingo carries the weight of a slow, deliberate history, rooted in the hard work of the soil and the quiet persistence of those who call these hills home. Economic life remains tethered to the land and the modest commerce of a place where time is measured by the changing seasons rather than the frantic pace of the outside world. Seven miles away, the Ten Island basin creates a natural boundary that has long influenced the movement of people and resources through this region. Life in Tishomingo moves with the steady, unforced cadence of a pendulum, where the local industry respects the limitations and the gifts of the surrounding geography. There is a quiet clarity in the way the sunlight strikes the weathered surfaces of the older buildings, revealing a history that is not spoken aloud but is instead felt in the deep, resonant silence of the evenings.

About This Tishomingo Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Tishomingo, Mississippi. Coordinates: 34.636761, -88.23171. 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 Tishomingo includes the ZIP code (38873), telephone area code (662), county seat of Tishomingo County (Iuka), and school district assignment (Tishomingo County Schools).

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.