Shubuta, MS

Shubuta is a town in Clarke County, Mississippi, United States, which is located on the eastern border of the state. The 2020 census counted 406 residents. Developed around an early 19th-century trading post on the Chickasawhay River, it was built near a Choctaw town. Shubuta is a Choctaw word meaning "smokey water". Shubuta was the second home of Hanson Scale Company, a bathroom scale manufacturer. Shubuta was later owned by the Sunbeam Corporation. Shubuta makes sense once you see how its past, landscape, and current gathering spots overlap.

The useful thing to know about Shubuta is that its older landmarks and current settings belong to one connected place. Located along the Chickasawhay River, the small town of Shubuta was incorporated in 1865. Shubuta is located near the southern border of Clarke County, on the west side of the Chickasawhay River. U.S. Route 45 bypasses the town on the west, leading north 13 miles to Quitman, the county seat, and south 14 miles to Waynesboro.