Bassfield, Mississippi

About Bassfield

Bassfield is a tiny community in southern Mississippi counting 182 people who proudly call it home.

Bassfield holds the status of an incorporated town — local government on a neighborly scale. The community covers 1 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 182 residents per square mile.

📰 Bassfield News Today

• Schedule - Jefferson Davis County Jaguars (Bassfield, MS) Baseball 26-27 MaxPreps · Aug 13
• Accident claims lives of three teens, including Bassfield sisters Prentiss Headlight · Feb 20
• Bassfield’s Beaver Creek Distillery named state’s Rural Small Business of the Year - WDAM-TV WDAM-TV · May 29
• Monthly Weather Forecast for Bassfield, Mississippi 39421 The Weather Channel · Dec 28
• Patricia A. Courtney Obituary (2026) - Prentiss, MS - Saulters-Moore Funeral Home - Prentiss Legacy obituary · Jul 22

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Bassfield Unique

• The only place in America named Bassfield — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• Positioned in southern Mississippi, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Mississippi — one of 427 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 15 miles.

🏫 Schools in Bassfield

• CARVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
• JDC HIGH SCHOOL
• JEFF DAVIS CO VOC TECH CENTER

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Bassfield

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