Union Mississippi Map

About Union, Mississippi

Union is a locality in Smith 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 low, red-clay ridges of the interior, where the landscape is defined by the heavy, humid stillness of the deep woods and the persistent growth of pine and oak. It lies 30.4 miles northwest of Laurel, MS (from Laurel, MS: bearing 311°T), and is situated 14.6 miles east-northeast of Magee. The terrain rises toward the modest elevation of Flat Rock Hill, a weathered spine of stone that breaks the monotony of the surrounding timberlands. Nearby, the water of Ely Creek moves with a deliberate, muddy sluggishness through the brush, carving a narrow path that dictates the drainage of the immediate valley. Sunlight here takes on a thick, honeyed quality in the late afternoon, casting long shadows across the fields that stretch toward the distant, quiet boundary of the Bienville National Forest.

Union maintains a pulse dictated by the turning of the seasons and the demands of its industrial legacy, standing as a point of commerce where the timber and manufacturing trades have long provided a steady, if quiet, livelihood. The people of Union exist in a space where the rhythm of work is punctuated by the presence of the nearby Bienville National Forest, a vast expanse that serves as a reminder of the wilder, uncultivated reaches of the state. Beyond the immediate municipal limits, the quiet surface of Shongelo Lake offers a stillness that contrasts with the mechanical hum of the local mills. It is a place that holds its own history in the grain of its wood and the iron of its tracks, moving forward with an endurance earned through generations of working this specific, stubborn soil.

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 Smith County (Raleigh), 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.