New Site, Mississippi

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]

New Site, Mississippi
Census-designated place
New Site, Mississippi Show map of Mississippi New Site, Mississippi Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 34°33′19″N 88°24′55″W
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Prentiss
Area [1]
• Total	2.58 sq mi (6.67 km2)
• Land	2.58 sq mi (6.67 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation [2]	394 ft (120 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	122
• Density	47.36/sq mi (18.29/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	38859
Area code	662
GNIS feature ID	2812739[2]

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. 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