Wilkinson County, Mississippi Map
Explore Wilkinson County, Mississippi with this interactive street and satellite map. Browse all 2 cities and towns in Wilkinson County below.
Interactive Map of Wilkinson County, Mississippi
| County | Wilkinson |
| State | Mississippi (MS) |
| County Seat | Woodville |
| Country | United States of America |
| Latitude | 31.097119 |
| Longitude | -91.183997 |
| Cities & Towns | 2 |
| Area Codes | 228 |
About Wilkinson County, Mississippi
Wilkinson County occupies the extreme southwestern corner of Mississippi, where the land discards the flatness of the river floodplains to rise into the steep, loess-bluff ridges that shadow the Mississippi River. The terrain here is defined by deep, vertical ravines and dense hardwood forests that hold the humidity like a damp lung, giving way to the Homochitto River as it carves a slow, erratic path toward the west. The light during the late afternoon in these woods is thick and amber, catching the silver-gray dust that hangs in the air above the ravines, turning the heavy canopy into a dense, impenetrable bronze. To the south, the state line marks the boundary with Louisiana, while the neighboring counties to the north and east provide a transition into the interior pine barrens, creating a landscape that feels isolated from the frenetic pace of the modern highway.
Wilkinson County emerged during the early years of the nineteenth century, organized from the territory ceded by indigenous nations and settled largely by planters who moved their operations from the older colonies of the Atlantic seaboard. The county seat was established at a site chosen for its proximity to the trade routes that funneled cotton toward the river ports, a decision that cemented the area’s role in the regional economy of the Old South. The architecture of this era remains in the heavy, sun-bleached brick structures that stand with a stubborn, quiet permanence, their foundations sinking slightly into the soft silt. These buildings, along with the remnants of the old road systems, bear witness to a time when the river was the only arterial road, and the movement of people and goods was governed entirely by the rising and falling of the water table.
Economic life in this region is tethered to the timber harvest and the sprawling, quiet cattle pastures that have reclaimed old plantation fields, leaving the landscape to feel sparse and uncrowded. The human activity here is quiet, marked by the occasional sound of a truck moving over gravel or the distant hum of a sawmill, leaving the vast majority of the land to the encroachment of kudzu and the insistent growth of wild vines. In the evenings, the air cools rapidly, and the smell of woodsmoke and damp earth rises to meet the darkening sky, creating a sensory experience that feels detached from the ticking of a clock. Residents move through their days with a deliberate awareness of the seasons, acknowledging the heavy heat of summer and the sudden, sharp clarity of the winter frost, finding a grounding comfort in the way the shadows stretch long and thin across the fields as the sun dips below the western horizon.
Cities and Towns in Wilkinson County
About This Wilkinson County Map Page
This page provides an interactive map of Wilkinson County, Mississippi alongside links to detailed street maps for 2 cities and towns. The county seat is Woodville. 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 |
