Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Mississippi
- County
- Smith
- Total
- 5.11 sq mi (13.23 km )
- Land
- 5.10 sq mi (13.20 km )
- Water
- 0.012 sq mi (0.03 km )
- Elevation
- 545 ft (166 m)
- Density
- 214.7/sq mi (82.89/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 28-60840
- Gnis feature id
- 0694503
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Raleigh
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Smith County
- Population
- 1094
- Area
- 13.232371
- Elevation
- 166
- Capital of
- Smith County
- Image
- Smith County Mississippi Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 374
- Dialing code
- 601
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- postal code
- 39153
- water as percent of area
- 0.2557
- per capita income
- 16894
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Encyclopedic overview
Raleigh is a town in and the county seat of Smith County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,094 at the 2020 census. Named for English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh, Raleigh has been home to such Mississippians as Governor Robert Lowry, Governor/U.S. Senator Anselm McLaurin and pioneer William H. Hardy.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Raleigh” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.