Vardaman Mississippi Map

About Vardaman, Mississippi

Vardaman is a locality in Calhoun County, Mississippi, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,110. The population density is 315.8 people per km². Vardaman is located at 33.8757°N, 89.1773°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Vardaman is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 38878.

Vardaman occupies a quiet expanse of north-central Mississippi where the earth is stained a deep, iron-rich red and the horizon is defined by the slow, rhythmic rise of agricultural fields. It lies 35.9 miles northwest of Starkville, MS (from Starkville, MS: bearing 325°T), and is situated 10.3 miles west of Houston. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness that seems to press against the skin, broken only by the occasional passage of a breeze through the loblolly pines or the distant, muffled sound of a tractor working the rows. To the west, the Yalobusha River carves a narrow, winding path through the silt, its waters moving with a deliberate, muddy gravity that mirrors the pace of the landscape. Beyond the immediate flatlands, the distant silhouettes of the Beasley Hills provide a jagged, hazy boundary against the sky, while the quiet surface of Scarbrough Lake lies sequestered to the north, reflecting the shifting violet hues of a dying sun.

Vardaman sustains its identity through the persistent cultivation of the sweet potato, a crop that has woven itself into the local calendar and defined the town’s seasonal pulse for generations. The labor of the harvest dictates the temperament of the streets, where the scent of turned soil often lingers long after the machinery has been silenced for the evening. While the nearby Bob Verell Tommie Lee Parker Sr. Memorial Park offers a modest space for communal repose, the true character of Vardaman remains rooted in the enduring endurance of its farmers and the quiet persistence of its storefronts. History here is not found in grand monuments, but in the way the light catches the weathered brick of the downtown center at dusk, casting long, sharp shadows that seem to hold the memory of every season turned into the dirt.

About This Vardaman Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Vardaman, Mississippi. Coordinates: 33.875668, -89.17729. 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 Vardaman includes the ZIP code (38878), telephone area code (662), county seat of Calhoun County (Pittsboro), and school district assignment (Calhoun 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.