Winterville Mississippi Map

About Winterville, Mississippi

Winterville is a locality in Washington County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 96. The population density is 14.5 people per km². Winterville is located at 33.5018°N, 91.0584°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 38703, 38782.

Winterville occupies a flat, expansive stretch of alluvial plain where the horizon pulls the sky down toward the dark, heavy soil of the Mississippi Delta. It lies 6.3 miles north of Greenville, MS (from Greenville, MS: bearing 2°T), and is situated 11.4 miles northwest of Leland. The landscape here resists verticality, save for the distant, faint silhouette of Backbone Ridge that haunts the western sky, and the thick, tangled greenery that defines the edge of the Delta Experimental Forest miles away. Deer Creek moves with a deliberate, sluggish grace through the fields, its banks lined with willow and cypress that cast long, distorted shadows as the afternoon sun begins to fail. The light in Winterville has a particular, syrupy quality during the transition to dusk, turning the dust kicked up by passing trucks into a fine, golden haze that hangs suspended over the rows of cotton and soy.

Winterville remains tethered to the rhythm of the harvest and the patient labor of the fields, a place where the economy is written in the seasonal color of the earth. History here is marked by the enduring presence of the Winterville Mounds, a series of ancient earthworks that rise abruptly from the flat expanse, standing as a quiet reminder of the people who occupied this ground long before the current grid of roads and fences. A short drive away, the stillness of Archer Lake offers a brief reprieve from the heat, while the quiet grounds of Rounds Park provide a modest space for the local pace to settle. Life in Winterville moves at the speed of the crops, defined by the slow, humid passage of time and the persistent, quiet resilience of a landscape that has seen generations come and go without altering the fundamental character of the plains.

About This Winterville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Winterville, Mississippi. Coordinates: 33.501781, -91.05844. 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 Winterville includes the ZIP code (38703, 38782), telephone area code (662), county seat of Washington County (Greenville), and school district assignment (Western Line 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.