Mississippi State

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Mississippi State

Total population

4,655

Land area6.1 km²

Weather87°F · Partly Sunny

Coordinates33.45°, -88.79°

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

Mississippi State is a census-designated place in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, United States. It is the official designated name for the area encompassing Mississippi State University, which lies partly in the nearby incorporated municipality of Starkville. The population at the 2020 census was 4,968.

Geography

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

Current forecast

Forecast for Mississippi State, MS from NOAA NWS API.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Nearby places in Mississippi

• Longview
  8.9 mi away · pop. 211
• Crawford
  14.1 mi away
• Mathiston
  20.2 mi away · pop. 775
• Woodland
  27.2 mi away
• Louisville
  27.3 mi away · pop. 5,983
• Weir
  31.9 mi away
• Shuqualak
  35 mi away
• Noxapater
  35.3 mi away
• French Camp
  36.7 mi away
• Vardaman
  37.2 mi away
• Van Vleet
  37.3 mi away
• Okolona
  38.4 mi away

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 Mississippi State

Minn of the Mississippi

Holling Clancy Holling · 1951

Mississippi Rules of Court State and Federal 1999

1999

Proceedings of the Scalable Parallel Libraries Conference , October 6-8, 1993, Mississippi State, Mississippi

Scalable Parallel Libraries Conference (1993 Mississippi State University) · 1994

Mississippi: the closed society

James W. Silver · 1964

Rising tide

John M. Barry · 1997

The flush times of Alabama and Mississippi

Joseph G. Baldwin · 1853

Mississippi

Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration (Miss.) · 1938

Slavery in Mississippi

Charles S. Sydnor · 1933

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire RAY COAKER, Washington, Alabama
  Wildfires · 2026-09-09 · 146 mi
• Wildfire Merit Creek, Greene, Mississippi
  Wildfires · 2026-09-23 · 166 mi
• Wildfire Round Prarie, Morehouse, Louisiana
  Wildfires · 2026-09-20 · 189 mi
• Wildfire Jackson - Hwy 90, Jackson, Mississippi
  Wildfires · 2026-08-16 · 210 mi
• Wildfire Pine Tree Rd, Union, Arkansas
  Wildfires · 2026-08-20 · 215 mi
• Wildfire Bunker Fire, Calhoun, Arkansas
  Wildfires · 2026-09-15 · 219 mi
• Wildfire Bunker Fire, Calhoun, Arkansas
  Wildfires · 2026-09-14 · 219 mi

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

Recently spotted species

Viceroy

Limenitis archippus

Seen 2026-09-25

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Archilochus colubris

Seen 2026-09-24

Green Anole

Anolis carolinensis

Seen 2026-09-24

Spinybacked Orbweaver

Gasteracantha cancriformis

Seen 2026-09-22

blue mistflower

Conoclinium coelestinum

Seen 2026-09-22

ivy-leaved morning-glory

Ipomoea hederacea

Seen 2026-09-21

River Cooter

Pseudemys concinna

Seen 2026-09-21

Ailanthus Webworm Moth

Atteva aurea

Seen 2026-09-21

Devoted Horse Fly

Tabanus calens

Seen 2026-09-20

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Nearest stream gauge

Live readings from USGS NWIS · measured 2024-03-02 12:00 UTC.