Map of State Line town, Mississippi

State Line is a town in Greene and Wayne counties, Mississippi, in the United States. The population was 452 at the 2020 census.

State Line town overview:
Name:	State Line town
LSAD Code:	43
LSAD Description:	town (suffix)
State:	Mississippi
County:	Greene County, Wayne County
Elevation:	253 ft (77 m)
Total Area:	4.30 sq mi (11.13 km²)
Land Area:	4.26 sq mi (11.04 km²)
Water Area:	0.03 sq mi (0.09 km²)
Total Population:	452
Population Density:	106.00/sq mi (40.93/km²)
ZIP code:	39362
Area code:	601
FIPS code:	2870320
GNISfeature ID:	0678229

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History

A post office was established in 1856, and the town incorporated in 1875. State Line was located on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, built through Mississippi in the 1850s. The next station north was in Eret, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) away.

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Geography

State Line is located at 31°26′16″N 88°28′34″W / 31.43778°N 88.47611°W / 31.43778; -88.47611 (31.437799, -88.476104). The town is on the border between Wayne County on the north and Greene County on the south, with the town’s area approximately equally in both. In the 2010 census, 304 of the town’s 565 residents (53.8%) lived in Greene County and 261 (46.2%) in Wayne County.

The town center is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of the Alabama–Mississippi border. U.S. Route 45 passes through the northeast corner of the town, leading northwest 20 miles (32 km) to Waynesboro, the Wayne County seat, and southeast 63 miles (101 km) to Mobile, Alabama. Mississippi Highway 57 passes through the east side of State Line, leading south 23 miles (37 km) to Leakesville, the Greene County seat. Mississippi Highway 42 passes through the center of State Line as St. Peter Street, leading west 53 miles (85 km) to Hattiesburg.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town of State Line has a total area of 4.30 square miles (11.1 km), of which 4.27 square miles (11.1 km) is land and 0.03 square miles (0.078 km) (0.70%) is water.