Jumpertown, MS

Jumpertown is a town in Prentiss County, Mississippi, United States. The 2020 census counted 425 residents. On November 5, 1862, there was a civil war skirmish in Jumpertown. In November 1886, the Mississippi state meeting of the Agricultural Wheel, a forerunner of 19th century American populism, met in Jumpertown. That mix gives Jumpertown a clear local shape within Mississippi, with older layers still visible in current places. The local scoop is a place whose streets, landmarks, and institutions keep its earlier story close to the present.