Georgetown, MS

Georgetown is a town in Copiah County, Mississippi, United States. The 2020 census counted 252 residents. With its eastern border formed by the Pearl River, it is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area. Two sites near Georgetown are listed on the National Register of Historic Places: the Highway 28 bridge over the Pearl River, about a mile east of Georgetown, and the Alford-Little House, off Highway 27 south of town. The Copiah-Jefferson Regional Library operates a branch in Georgetown. Taken together, these details give a newcomer a usable picture of Georgetown, where its history, geography, and current gathering places meet.

For Georgetown, the memorable detail is the way older history and current gathering places share one local map. Mississippi Highway 28 leads west 14 miles to Hazlehurst, the county seat, and east 29 miles to Magee. Mississippi Highway 27 crosses Highway 28 on the northern edge of town and leads northwest 15 miles to Crystal Springs and south 23 miles to Monticello.