Walthall County, Mississippi Map
Explore Walthall County, Mississippi with this interactive street and satellite map. Browse all 1 cities and towns in Walthall County below.
Interactive Map of Walthall County, Mississippi
| County | Walthall |
| State | Mississippi (MS) |
| County Seat | Tylertown |
| Country | United States of America |
| Latitude | 31.116012 |
| Longitude | -90.142033 |
| Cities & Towns | 1 |
| Area Codes | 228 |
About Walthall County, Mississippi
Walthall County occupies a space where the piney woods of the south begin to yield to the broader, more humid influences of the Gulf slope. Its terrain is defined by a series of deep, sandy ridges and the persistent, dark-water drainages that cut toward the Bogue Chitto River, creating a landscape of segmented hollows rather than open plains. The soil here possesses a reddish, clay-heavy iron content that holds the heat of the afternoon long after the sun has dipped below the treeline. In the humid summer months, the air hangs heavy and thick with the scent of damp earth and pine needles, a physical weight that seems to slow the movement of the wind through the loblolly stands. This geography creates a series of isolated pockets, where the dense canopy obscures the horizon and forces the light to filter down in long, slanted shafts of amber that turn the dust of the backroads into a fine, shimmering powder.
Walthall County emerged as a political entity in the early twentieth century, carved from the older, larger territories that defined the region’s original agrarian expansion. Its creation was an act of administrative necessity, driven by the desire of the local populace to manage their own affairs closer to home rather than traveling the long, rutted tracks to distant courthouses. The county seat was established in a clearing that had served as a modest crossroads, eventually growing into a center of commerce where the architecture reflects the practical, no-nonsense aesthetic of the era. The buildings here, constructed of hard-fired brick, possess a stubborn permanence, standing against the humidity that works to reclaim any structure left untended. It is a place where the history is not so much written in grand monuments as it is held in the memories of families who have worked the same tracts of land for generations, their lineage tied to the clearing of the original timber and the subsequent shift toward small-scale farming.
Economy and character in this region are tied to the soil and the timber harvest, with a culture that values the quietude of the woodlot over the bustle of the city. People spend their days attending to the cyclical demands of the land, whether tending to small herds or managing the growth cycles of the pine plantations that define the local industry. The atmosphere is one of deliberate patience, where the passage of time is marked by the changing height of the crops and the gradual shift in the light as the seasons turn. Landmarks are often subtle—an old, rusted bridge spanning a creek, or a stand of ancient oaks that have survived the clearing of the surrounding forest—serving as silent anchors for those who live here. On quiet evenings, when the crickets begin their rhythmic pulse and the heat finally lifts from the fields, there is a profound sense of stillness that settles over the county, a reminder that the land remains the primary architect of the life lived upon it.
Cities and Towns in Walthall County
About This Walthall County Map Page
This page provides an interactive map of Walthall County, Mississippi alongside links to detailed street maps for 1 cities and towns. The county seat is Tylertown. Each city and town map page includes live weather, local news and precise GPS coordinates.
The Search Maps button below the county map opens USGS topographic maps and aerial imagery as base layers, with a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a single-fix GPS readout giving your USNG grid reference and latitude and longitude.
Location data is sourced from the USGS GNIS database and verified by coordinates, not name matching alone.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | USGS GNIS database; coordinates matched to 2020 US Census records |
