Leake County is a county in Mississippi, United States, in the east-central part of the state along the Natchez Trace Parkway. It had a population of 21,275 at the 2020 census and covers 585 square miles (1,520 km2), of which 583 square miles (1,510 km2) is land and 2.5 square miles (6.5 km2) is water, centred near 32\u00b045\u2032N 89\u00b031\u2032W.<\/p>\n
Carthage is the county seat, and its postal code is 39051. The county has one city, three towns, two census-designated places and a scatter of unincorporated communities. Leake County is in the Central time zone.<\/p>\n
Leake County has 4 incorporated municipalities — one city and three towns — plus two census-designated places (CDP) and more than 30 unincorporated crossroads communities. Many of the unincorporated names below are historic settlements, churches or old post-office stops rather than active town centres; they are kept here because they still appear on county maps and in local usage.<\/p>\n
| Place<\/th>\n | Type<\/th>\n | Pop.<\/th>\n | ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carthage<\/td>\n | City · seat<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 39051<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Lena<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 39094<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Sebastopol<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Walnut Grove<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 39189<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Redwater<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Standing Pine<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Abdan<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Barnes<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Battle Bluff<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Bertice<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Bolatusha<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Conway<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Coosa<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Crossroad<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Dossville<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Dowell<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Drysdale<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Ebenezer<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Edinburg<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Estesmill<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Forest Grove<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Free Trade<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Freeny<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Gill<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Good Hope<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Goshen<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Gray<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Harmony<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| High Hill<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Hopoca<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Luther<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Madden<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 39109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Marydell<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| McAfee<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Midway<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Ofahoma<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Pearl Hill<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Pilgrim Rest<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Remus<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Renfroe<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Rosebud<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Saint Ann<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Salem<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Singleton<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Sunrise<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Thomastown<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 39171<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Tuckers Crossing<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Tuscola<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Williston<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n Two names on the old list did not verify against county gazetteers or GNIS and are omitted here: “Piggtown” and “Wiggins” (the latter is likely confused with the city of Wiggins in Stone County, a separate part of Mississippi). Redwater and Standing Pine are Census Bureau CDPs rather than incorporated towns; Standing Pine is also the seat of the Standing Pine Community of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.<\/p>\n ZIP Codes<\/h2>\nMost of the county’s unincorporated crossroads communities share a ZIP code with the nearest post office town rather than carrying their own.<\/p>\n Geography<\/h2>\nLeake County sits on the Pearl River, which forms most of its western border, in the rolling hill country of east-central Mississippi. The Natchez Trace Parkway crosses the northern part of the county, and the Bienville National Forest reaches into its southeastern corner. The terrain is mixed pine and hardwood forest and farmland, with the Pearl and its tributaries draining most of the county toward the southwest.<\/p>\n Leake County borders Attala County to the north, Neshoba County to the east, Scott County to the south, and Madison County to the west. See Attala County<\/a>, Neshoba County<\/a>, Scott County<\/a> and Madison County<\/a>.<\/p>\n Leake County had a population of 21,275 at the 2020 census. Carthage and Walnut Grove are the county’s two largest incorporated places. Median household income in the county runs below the Mississippi median of $54,203, reflecting the county’s largely rural, agricultural and manufacturing economic base. Population density is roughly 36 people per square mile, well below the state average.<\/p>\n Poultry processing is the county’s largest private employer, anchored by a Peco Foods complex in Sebastopol, alongside forestry, timber products and row-crop and cattle farming across the county’s rural townships. The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, headquartered in neighboring Neshoba County, also operates land and services within Leake County, including at the Standing Pine community. Carthage, the county seat, holds the county’s main retail, government and healthcare services, including Leake County Medical Center.<\/p>\n Leake County was organized in 1833 from Choctaw cession lands and named for Walter Leake, who served as governor of Mississippi from 1822 to 1825 and earlier as a U.S. senator from the state. Carthage was established as the county seat the same year. In 2010, the Census Bureau calculated that the mean population center of Mississippi fell within Leake County, near the town of Lena — a distinction that shifts with each census as the state’s population redistributes.<\/p>\n Mississippi Highways 16, 25 and 35 cross the county, along with the Natchez Trace Parkway in the north.<\/p>\n The nearest commercial airport is Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport, about an hour’s drive southwest of Carthage.<\/p>\n Where is Leake County, Mississippi?<\/strong> What is the population of Leake County?<\/strong> How big is Leake County?<\/strong> What is the county seat of Leake County?<\/strong> How many towns are in Leake County?<\/strong> |