Pearl River

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Pearl River

Total population

4,047

Elevation160 m

Land area80.45 km²

Weather87°F · Partly Sunny

Coordinates32.80°, -89.24°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Pearl River is a census-designated place (CDP) in Neshoba County, Mississippi. It is one of the eight communities of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians Reservation and the population is 80% Choctaw. As of the 2020 census, Pearl River had a population of 3,822.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Pearl River, MS from NOAA NWS API.

Notable people from here

Van T. Barfoot

U.S. Army Medal of Honor recipient (1919–2012)

J

Jim Barnett

American physician

M

Martin M. Miller

American politician

R

Robert Thomas Mellard

Pioneer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Mississippi

• Philadelphia
  7.1 mi away
• Standing Pine
  15 mi away
• Sebastopol
  16.7 mi away
• Walnut Grove
  18.9 mi away
• Lena
  24.9 mi away · pop. 169
• Louisville
  25 mi away · pop. 5,983
• Ethel
  26 mi away · pop. 206
• Decatur
  26.2 mi away
• Kosciusko
  27.1 mi away · pop. 6,933
• Collinsville
  31.5 mi away · pop. 1,725
• Weir
  32.2 mi away
• Lake
  32.5 mi away · pop. 522

Browse all places in Mississippi →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Pearl River

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire RAY COAKER, Washington, Alabama
  Wildfires · 2026-09-09 · 112 mi
• Wildfire Merit Creek, Greene, Mississippi
  Wildfires · 2026-09-23 · 123 mi
• Wildfire Round Prarie, Morehouse, Louisiana
  Wildfires · 2026-09-20 · 160 mi
• Wildfire Jackson - Hwy 90, Jackson, Mississippi
  Wildfires · 2026-08-16 · 171 mi
• Wildfire Pine Tree Rd, Union, Arkansas
  Wildfires · 2026-08-20 · 190 mi
• Wildfire Bunker Fire, Calhoun, Arkansas
  Wildfires · 2026-09-15 · 201 mi
• Wildfire Bunker Fire, Calhoun, Arkansas
  Wildfires · 2026-09-14 · 201 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Nearest stream gauge

Live readings from USGS NWIS · measured 2026-09-26 16:45 UTC.