Soso, Mississippi
| Soso, Mississippi | |
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 Location of Soso, Mississippi |
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| Coordinates: 31°45′16″N 89°16′27″W / 31.75444°N 89.27417°WCoordinates: 31°45′16″N 89°16′27″W / 31.75444°N 89.27417°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Jones |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.0 sq mi (5.2 km2) |
| • Land | 2.0 sq mi (5.2 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 315 ft (96 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 408 |
| • Density | 189.7/sq mi (73.3/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 39480 |
| Area code(s) | 601 |
| FIPS code | 28-69160 |
Soso is a town in northwest Jones County, Mississippi. The population was 408 at the 2010 census.
Paul Davis, a singer and songwriter from Rose Hill, Mississippi, wrote a song called "Sweet Magnolia Blues," which referred to Soso.
According to tradition, the name "Soso" was derived from an old settler's common response to a question about how he was doing: "so-so".
After the Civil War, yeoman farmers returned to the area. The town developed a small mixed-race community. Among its notable residents was Unionist Newton Knight, who lived there mostly after the Reconstruction era with his wife Rachel and family. Knight was known for having led the Knight Company in and around Jones County, Mississippi during 1863 and 1864 in resistance to Confederate authorities, trying to protect local farmers. After the war he was living in Jasper County for a time, where he was active in the Republican Party. In 1872 he was appointed as a deputy U.S. Marshal for the Southern District. After Reconstruction ended, Knight retired from politics, as white Democrats took over county and state offices.
Rachel was a freedwoman who had aided the resistance. (In an historic photograph she appears to have been of mixed race.) She and Knight had several children together.
Soso is located at 31°45′16″N 89°16′27″W / 31.75444°N 89.27417°W (31.754465, -89.274120).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.0 square miles (5.2 km2), of which 2.0 square miles (5.2 km2) is land and 0.50% is water.
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