Roxie, MS

Roxie is a town in Franklin County, Mississippi, United States. The 2020 census counted 469 residents. This rural town developed with the construction of railroads in the area. Roxie was founded in 1886 on a plot of farmland donated by John Quincy Adams Graves, who was the County Supervisor and a former soldier in the Regimental Band of the 4th Volunteer Mississippi Regiment during the Civil War. Significant forests and recreation areas are found nearby, including:. A newcomer can read Roxie through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Roxie comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. The town was named in honor of Graves' newborn daughter. Roxie is located in western Franklin County. U.S. Routes 84 and 98 pass through the town, leading east 11 miles to Meadville, the county seat, and west 22 miles to Natchez.