Foxworth, MS

Foxworth is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Marion County, Mississippi, United States. The 2020 census counted 523 residents. The community is named after Frank W. Foxworth is in central Marion County, on the west side of the valley of the Pearl River, which separates it from Columbia, the county seat 3 miles away. These serve students in rural areas of western Marion County. Taken together, these details give a newcomer a usable picture of Foxworth, where its history, geography, and current gathering places meet. For Foxworth, the memorable detail is the way older history and current gathering places share one local map. U.S. Route 98 runs along the southern edge of Foxworth, leading east through Columbia 36 miles to Hattiesburg and west 40 miles to McComb.