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Kokomo, Mississippi
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 Kokomo, Mississippi
Location in Mississippi
Kokomo, Mississippi
Location in the United States
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| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Marion |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.68 sq mi (4.35 km2) |
| • Land | 1.68 sq mi (4.34 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.01 km2) |
| Elevation | 358 ft (109 m) |
| Population
(2020)
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| • Total | 150 |
| • Density | 89.50/sq mi (34.56/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code |
39643
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| GNIS feature ID | 672210 |
| FIPS Code | 28-38160 |
Kokomo is a small community in Marion County, Mississippi, in the United States. It's known as a census-designated place, which means it's an area identified by the government for counting people, but it's not officially a town or city. In the year 2020, when it was first counted as a census-designated place, about 150 people lived there.
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History
Kokomo got its name from the city of Kokomo, Indiana. It was started around 1912 by the family of Phillip Enoch, who lived in Fernwood, Mississippi. The Enochs had a plan to build a railroad line heading east from Tylertown. They set up places along the way where the train would stop, and Kokomo was meant to be the very last stop. However, the railroad was never actually built.
Even without the railroad, Kokomo was once a busy place! It had a factory that made turpentine (a liquid from pine trees), shops where people worked with metal (called blacksmith shops), a café for eating, a barbershop for haircuts, grocery stores, mills for grinding grain (gristmills), and a pharmacy.
Education has been a part of Kokomo for a long time. The first school opened its doors in 1904. Later, there was a Kokomo High School, but it closed in 1959.
Geography
Kokomo is located in the western part of Marion County. A major road, U.S. Route 98, runs along its southern edge. If you travel northeast on US 98, you'll reach Columbia, which is the main town of Marion County, about 11 miles away. If you go southwest on the same road, you'll get to Tylertown, which is about 10 miles away.
The area of Kokomo is about 1.68 square miles. Most of this land is dry, but a very small part, about 0.36%, is water. The community gets its water drained south into small streams that flow into Tenmile Creek. This creek then flows east and eventually joins the Pearl River.
Population
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| 2020 | 150 | — | |
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The U.S. Census Bureau counts how many people live in different places every ten years. In the 2020 census, Kokomo had a population of 150 people. This was the first time Kokomo was officially listed as a census-designated place.
Notable people
- Charles Coleman was a professional American football player. He played as a tight end in the National Football League.
