McComb, Mississippi

McComb is a city in Pike County, Mississippi, about 80 miles south of Jackson, just off of Interstate 55. As of the 2020 census, 12,413 people lived there, nearly the same as in the 1980 census (12,331). It is the principal city of the McComb, Mississippi Micropolitan Statistical Area. McComb was founded in 1872 after Henry Simpson McComb of the New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad (which would become the Illinois Central Railroad and now a part of the Canadian National Railway), decided to move the railroad's maintenance shops away from New Orleans, Louisiana, to avoid the New Orleans' saloons.

McComb, Mississippi
City
Location of McComb Mississippi
McComb, Mississippi Location in the United States
Coordinates: 31°14′40.10″N 90°28′17.73″W
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Pike
Area
• Total	11.84 sq mi (30.66 km2)
• Land	11.78 sq mi (30.51 km2)
• Water	0.06 sq mi (0.15 km2)
Elevation	423 ft (129 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	12,413
• Density	1,053.74/sq mi (406.85/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
ZIP Codes	39648-39649
Area code	601/769
FIPS code	28-43280
GNIS feature ID	0673307
Website	www.mccomb-ms.gov

Singer Britney Spears was born in McComb.

Other websites

• Website about McComb Archived 2007-11-14 at the Wayback Machine
• McComb Enterprise Journal Newspaper
• Map of McComb with links to local businesses
• McComb Police Department Archived 2007-12-01 at the Wayback Machine
• McComb City Railroad Depot Museum
• Percy Quin State Park Archived 2007-08-09 at the Wayback Machine, six miles south of McComb