White Oak Mississippi Map

About White Oak, Mississippi

White Oak is a locality in Tunica County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 595. The population density is 497.3 people per km². White Oak is located at 34.6439°N, 90.3494°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 38621, 39111, 38676.

White Oak occupies a low-slung expanse where the horizon stretches flat and wide, defined by the persistent, dark passage of White Oak Bayou as it carves a slow path through the silt. It lies 23.9 miles west-southwest of Hernando, MS (from Hernando, MS: bearing 239°T), and is situated 15.7 miles east-northeast of Helena-West Helena. The air here holds a heavy, humid stillness that clings to the skin, carrying the scent of damp earth and crushed clover from the fields that roll toward the distant silhouette of Skidmore Ridge. Two miles away, the quiet surface of Beaverdam Lake mirrors the shifting charcoal clouds, providing a still counterpoint to the sluggish, mud-thick current of the bayou. Beyond the immediate fields, the landscape thickens into the dense, shadowed timber of Saint Francis National Forest, while three miles in the opposite direction, the untamed expanse of Unknown Park offers a sanctuary for the local fauna that move through the tall, sun-bleached grasses.

White Oak grew from the necessity of the soil, a place where the economy remains tethered to the rhythm of planting and harvest seasons that dictate the pace of every porch-front conversation. Generations have worked these fields, their lives marked by the slow accumulation of agricultural cycles and the occasional quiet shift of the regional timber trade. There is a particular, amber quality to the light at dusk that turns the weathered wood of old barns to a deep, resonant bronze, highlighting the resilience of a population that favors endurance over speed. In the evenings, the distant, muffled hum of machinery serves as a reminder of the industry that sustains the locality, a steady pulse that echoes the quiet persistence of the bayou itself.

About This White Oak Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of White Oak, Mississippi. Coordinates: 34.643868, -90.349435. 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 White Oak includes the ZIP code (38621, 39111, 38676), telephone area code (601, 769), county seat of Tunica County (Tunica), and school district assignment (Tunica 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.