Bolivar, Mississippi

About Bolivar

Set in the western part of Mississippi, Bolivar is a small unincorporated community.

Bolivar holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 0.25 square miles.

📰 Bolivar News Today

• West Bolivar School Board Feuds Leave District in Crisis as School Starts Amid State Investigation Mississippi Free Press · Aug 14
• Bolivar Board of Supervisors convenes for regularly scheduled August board meeting deltanews.tv · Aug 17
• Transportation, food interrupted for summer students in West Bolivar Mississippi Today · Jun 17
• Feuds Leave West Bolivar District in Crisis as School Year Begins tippahnews.com · Aug 15
• What is the poverty rate in Bolivar County, MS? USAFacts · May 28

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What Makes Bolivar Unique

• One of 7 places in the US named Bolivar — but the Mississippi one has a character all its own.
• One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.25 sq mi.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in western Mississippi, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 10 miles.

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