Explore Wiggins, Mississippi, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Wiggins, Mississippi. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Mississippi or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Wiggins.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Wiggins |
| State | Mississippi (MS) |
| County | Leake County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 30.856048 |
| Longitude | -89.138981 |
| Population | 4,272 |
| Density | 153.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 39051, 39577 |
| Area Code | 601, 769, 228 |
| County Seat | Carthage |
| School District | Stone County School District |
Wiggins occupies a quiet expanse of inland territory where the earth holds the warmth of the sun long after the shadows lengthen across the pines. It lies 24.1 miles east-northeast of Canton, MS (from Canton, MS: bearing 75°T), and is situated 6.2 miles west-southwest of Carthage. The landscape is defined by the steady, unhurried presence of Witt Creek, which traces a path through the terrain as if marking the pulse of the soil itself. To the north, the faint silhouettes of Government Hills rise against the sky, providing a distant, steady boundary to the horizon. Three miles removed from the center, the stillness of Long Lake offers a reflective surface for the shifting light of the afternoon, while Mcmillian Park provides a seven-mile sanctuary of green where the local woodlands are left to their own ancient, slow-growing devices.
Wiggins emerged from the timber-rich potential of the surrounding forests, a history that remains visible in the sturdy, wood-framed architecture and the persistent rhythm of an economy rooted in the land. The community functions with a deliberate, measured pace, where the legacy of regional trade and agricultural labor continues to shape the character of daily commerce. Residents move through the day with an awareness of the changing seasons, recognizing the subtle shift in the air that signals the turning of the year. Whether in the quiet industry of local workshops or the simple gatherings held in public spaces, Wiggins maintains a grounded identity that favors substance over spectacle, anchored firmly in the inland geography that has sustained it for generations.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Wiggins, Mississippi. Coordinates: 30.856048, -89.138981. 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 Wiggins includes the ZIP code (39051, 39577), telephone area code (601, 769, 228), county seat of Leake County (Carthage), and school district assignment (Stone County School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |