New Site, Mississippi

New Site, Mississippi
New Site, Mississippi
New Site, Mississippi
Coordinates: 34°33′19″N 88°24′55″W / 34.55528°N 88.41528°W / 34.55528; -88.41528
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyPrentiss
Area
 • Total
2.58 sq mi (6.67 km2)
 • Land2.58 sq mi (6.67 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation394 ft (120 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
122
 • Density47.36/sq mi (18.29/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
38859
Area code662
GNIS feature ID2812739[2]

New Site is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Prentiss County, Mississippi, United States.[2] Its population was 851 at the 2010 U.S. Census. Its ZIP code is 38859.[3]

The settlement once had a post office. The population in 1900 was 21.[4]

It was first named as a CDP in the 2020 Census which listed a population of 122.[5]

Demographics

2020 census

New Site CDP, Mississippi – Racial and ethnic composition
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2020[6] % 2020
White alone (NH) 116 95.08%
Black or African American alone (NH) 0 0.00%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 0 0.00%
Asian alone (NH) 0 0.00%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 0 0.00%
Some Other Race alone (NH) 0 0.00%
Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH) 1 0.82%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5 4.10%
Total 122 100.00%

Education

It is in the Prentiss County School District.[7]

Notes

  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: New Site, Mississippi
  3. ^ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  4. ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 333.
  5. ^ "New Site CDP, Mississippi". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
  6. ^ "P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - New Site CDP, Mississippi". United States Census Bureau.
  7. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Prentiss County, MS" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 23, 2024. - Text list