Tyler Mississippi Map

About Tyler, Mississippi

Tyler is a locality in Pearl River County, Mississippi, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,515. Tyler is located at 30.7074°N, 89.6062°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 39470, 39426.

Tyler sits amidst a landscape of low, humid plains where the light at dusk turns the tall grass into a bruised, copper color. It lies 13.3 miles north-northeast of Picayune, MS (from Picayune, MS: bearing 19°T), and is situated 15.5 miles east-southeast of Bogalusa. Big Branch cuts a narrow, shadowed path through the earth just a mile from the center, its water moving with a sluggish, deliberate weight that seems to hold the heat of the afternoon long after the sun has retreated. The air here carries the scent of damp pine needles and turned soil, a steady, earthy perfume that clings to the porch screens and the siding of the modest houses. Six miles away, the quiet expanse of the Theodore A. Mars, Jr. Memorial Wildlife Refuge offers a sanctuary for the local fauna, its dense thickets standing as a testament to the wilder, untamed character of the inland geography that defines the perimeter of Tyler.

Agriculture has long dictated the slow pulse of the local economy, with the surrounding fields still yielding to the cycles of planting and harvest that have sustained families for generations. Beyond the immediate reach of the farms, the residents look toward Magnolia Lake as a place of respite, its surface often mirroring the heavy, gray clouds that gather during the humid summer months. Tyler maintains a character forged by this isolation, where the pace of conversation is measured and the social life remains anchored to the familiar rhythms of the local storefronts and the seasonal shifts in the crop yields. It is a place where the passage of time is marked not by grand events, but by the subtle, persistent changes in the color of the fields and the depth of the shadows cast by the trees along the creek.

About This Tyler Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Tyler, Mississippi. Coordinates: 30.707411, -89.606176. 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 Tyler includes the ZIP code (39470, 39426), telephone area code (601), county seat of Pearl River County (Poplarville), and school district assignment.

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.