Slate Springs, MS

Slate Springs is a village in Calhoun County, Mississippi, United States. The 2020 census counted 105 residents. In 1907, Slate Springs was noted for having two churches, a school, a flour mill, a saw mill, and a money order post-office. Mississippi Highway 9 passes through the village, leading north 9 miles to Calhoun City and south 16 miles to Eupora. A newcomer can read Slate Springs through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Slate Springs comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines.