Thaxton, MS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Thaxton, Mississippi, shaded from 340 ft on the northeast side to 540 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
540 ft 165 m490 ft 150 m460 ft 140 m420 ft 125 m370 ft 110 m340 ft 105 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Thaxton sits at about 400 ft (125 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
400 ft 125 m
most residents: 370–440 ft
Lowest
340 ft 105 m
on the northeast side
Highest
540 ft 165 m
on the southwest side
Average
400 ft 125 m
all land inside town limits

Thaxton spans about 200 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
400 ft125 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the southwest side
540 ft165 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the northeast side
340 ft105 m
Town center
USGS map point for Thaxton
430 ft130 m
Airport (22M)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.1 mi east of the town limits
440 ft134 m
Average of all land400 ft125 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.5 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Thaxton, Mississippi, shaded from 340 ft on the northeast side to 540 ft on the southwest side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Pontotoc County, Mississippi, United States
Population
701 2024 est.
Land area
10.4 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
68 per sq mi
Coordinates
34.3076° N, 89.1781° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Little Tallahatchie River → Yazoo River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Pontotoc County (22M) 440 ft
ZIP codes 2
38863 38871
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Randolph470 ft
  2. Pontotoc460 ft
  3. Blue Springs420 ft
  4. Algoma410 ft
  5. Thaxton400 ft
  6. Myrtle400 ft
  7. Tula390 ft
  8. Toccopola390 ft
  9. New Albany380 ft
  10. Ecru380 ft
  11. Paris380 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Luke Hill580 ft
  • Rook Hill560 ft
  • Liberty Hill550 ft
  • Dozier Hill520 ft
  • Darden Hills510 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town limits, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census town limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.