Union Mississippi Map

About Union, Mississippi

Union is a locality in Covington County, Mississippi, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,042. The population density is 230.1 people per km². Union is located at 32.5711°N, 89.1152°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Union is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 39149, 39479, 39116.

Union emerges from the landscape as a collection of structures held together by the quiet, persistent movement of Mooney Branch, which traces a vein-like path through the local terrain. It lies 16.5 miles northwest of Hattiesburg, MS (from Hattiesburg, MS: bearing 317°T), and is situated 16.9 miles northwest of Petal. The earth here is defined by long, terrestrial swells that rise and fall with the slow, deliberate pulse of the inland plains, far removed from any shore. At dusk, the light catches the fine, dusty particulate of the air, turning the horizon a bruised, melancholic violet that seems to stretch toward the distant slopes of Buffalo Hill. The vegetation clings to the damp soil in dense, tangled patches, while the flat expanse of Eatonville Flat exerts a gravitational pull on the gaze, anchoring the horizon in a wide, unblinking stare.

Union maintains a steady, industrial pulse, its economy tethered to the timber and manufacturing trades that have long defined the labor of its inhabitants. The rhythm of daily life is marked by the low hum of machinery and the passage of freight, a stark contrast to the distant, quiet expanses of the University Soccer Fields that sit fourteen miles away. History here is not found in grand monuments, but in the weathered grain of wooden storefronts and the way the local speech patterns retain a specific, elongated cadence, as if the soil itself necessitates a slower delivery of thought. It is a place of modest, functional permanence, where the weight of the past is measured not in centuries, but in the steady endurance of those who continue to work the land and keep the machinery turning.

About This Union Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Union, Mississippi. Coordinates: 32.571128, -89.115203. 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 Union includes the ZIP code (39149, 39479, 39116), telephone area code (601), county seat of Covington County (Collins), and school district assignment (Union Public 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.