New Site, Mississippi

Census-designated place in Mississippi, United States

34°33′19″N 88°24′55″W / 34.55528°N 88.41528°W / 34.55528; -88.41528CountryUnited StatesStateMississippiCountyPrentissArea

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• Total2.58 sq mi (6.67 km²) • Land2.58 sq mi (6.67 km²) • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)Elevation

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394 ft (120 m)Population

(2020)

• Total122 • Density47.36/sq mi (18.29/km²)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP code

38859

Area code662GNIS 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

^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: New Site, Mississippi
^ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
^ 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.
^ "New Site CDP, Mississippi". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
^ "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.
^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Prentiss County, MS" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 23, 2024. - Text list