Scooba, Mississippi

About Scooba

Set in the eastern part of Mississippi, Scooba is a tiny community counting 730 people who proudly call it home.

Scooba holds the status of an incorporated town — local government on a neighborly scale. The community covers 2.48 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 294 residents per square mile.

📰 Scooba News Today

• $20K reward offered in Sterling Jones case; last confirmed sighting in Scooba Twin States News · Jul 28
• Catherine Griggs Obituary | E. E. McDonald Funeral Home | De Kalb, MS Tribute Archive · Apr 15
• WATCH: East Mississippi CC vs. Hinds CC WCBI TV · Sep 4
• JourneyEAST Registration is now open for East Mississippi Community College WTOK · May 26
• NWS Jackson, MS April 25-27, 2011 Severe Weather Outbreak-Kemper/Sumter, AL/Pickens, AL County Tornado National Weather Service (.gov) · Jul 24

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Scooba Unique

• The only place in America named Scooba — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• Positioned in eastern 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 12 miles.

🏫 Schools in Scooba

• KEMPER COUNTY LOWER ELEMENTARY

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

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