Utica Mississippi Map

About Utica, Mississippi

Utica is a locality in Hinds County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 636. The population density is 82.0 people per km². Utica is located at 32.1096°N, 90.6234°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Utica is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 39175.

Utica holds the heavy, humid stillness of the deep interior, where the land settles into a quiet expanse of clay and silt far removed from any rising tide. It lies 22.4 miles southeast of Vicksburg, MS (from Vicksburg, MS: bearing 138°T), and is situated 17.7 miles west-northwest of Crystal Springs. The earth here carries the weight of long summers, with the low-slung horizon punctuated by the dense, tangled shadows of hardwood groves and the persistent, creeping reach of kudzu. Murphy Creek marks the nearby terrain with a slow, muddy pulse, draining the moisture from the fields that stretch toward the distant, hazy rise of Fort Hill. Sunlight in Utica does not merely shine; it presses down, thick and golden, turning the dust of the backroads into a fine, pale powder that lingers on the leaves of oak and pine long after the afternoon heat has begun to wane.

Agriculture has long defined the rhythm of life in Utica, its character shaped by the stubborn cycle of planting and harvest that has anchored families to this soil for generations. The economy remains tethered to the land’s quiet productivity, a legacy visible in the weathered storefronts and the sparse, deliberate pace of those who walk its streets. Beyond the immediate fields, the landscape opens toward the stillness of Calling Panther Lake, where the water mirrors the shifting gray of the clouds, and the nearby reaches of Brushy Lake offer a sanctuary of reed and marsh. There is a distinct, understated endurance here, a quality of life that favors the long view and the steady, unhurried labor of keeping a place alive against the slow encroachment of time.

About This Utica Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Utica, Mississippi. Coordinates: 32.109598, -90.623432. 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 Utica includes the ZIP code (39175), telephone area code (601), county seat of Hinds County (Jackson), and school district assignment (Hinds County 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.