Woodland Mississippi Map

About Woodland, Mississippi

Woodland is a locality in Pontotoc County, Mississippi, United States. It is a small community with a population of 110. The population density is 74.9 people per km². Woodland is located at 33.7797°N, 89.0507°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Woodland is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 38863, 39776.

Woodland occupies a quiet expanse of the Mississippi interior, where the land moves in long, slow swells of earth beneath a sky that often seems to hold the weight of the coming afternoon. It lies 13.0 miles west-southwest of Tupelo, MS (from Tupelo, MS: bearing 239°T), and is situated 8.4 miles southeast of Pontotoc. The soil here is heavy and dark, supporting a dense reach of timber that marks the edge of the Tombigbee National Forest, which begins its quiet encroachment just five miles away. A mile from the center of the settlement, the waters of Tallabinnela Creek carve a narrow, mud-slicked path through the undergrowth, moving with a sluggish, persistent gravity that defines the local drainage. To the west, the horizon remains stubbornly flat, though the distant rise of Dozier Hill provides a singular, muted landmark against the haze of the horizon. When the light shifts toward dusk, the air turns thick and golden, catching the dust of the unpaved roads and suspending it in a haze that makes the surrounding woods appear as a solid, impenetrable wall of green.

Woodland remains anchored to the rhythms of the land, a place where the economy has long drawn its pulse from the harvest of timber and the slow, seasonal labor of the surrounding fields. The history of the area is etched into the quiet intersections and the weathered siding of older structures that have withstood the humid press of the summers for generations. Life here moves with a deliberate, inward gravity, far removed from the frantic pace of larger hubs, finding its local recreation in the quiet expanses of the region, including the waters of Club Lake nine miles distant. Beyond the reach of the major thoroughfares, the inhabitants maintain a stubborn continuity, their days governed by the subtle changes in the weather and the persistent, quiet growth of the pines. It is a landscape that demands a certain patience, rewarding the observer with the sight of hawks circling over Wilson Bottom or the sudden, sharp clarity of the stars once the heat of the day finally retreats into the soil.

About This Woodland Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Woodland, Mississippi. Coordinates: 33.779675, -89.05069. 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 Woodland includes the ZIP code (38863, 39776), telephone area code (662), county seat of Pontotoc County (Pontotoc), and school district assignment (Chickasaw 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.