Sandersville is a town in Jones County, Mississippi, home to about 413 people across 5.0 square miles. Its ZIP code is 39477, and parts of 39439 are in Sandersville too.
Mostly Sandersville
Part is in Sandersville, part in Heidelberg
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| Nearest major airport | Pensacola International Airport (PNS)143 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Hattiesburg Laurel Regional Airport (PIB)29 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | New Orleans, LA132 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Houston, TX402 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Sandersville; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Sandersville had 636 residents in the 2020 census, down 19% since 2000.
It’s the 285th largest of 420 towns in Mississippi by population.
Jones County grew from 17,846 residents in 1900 to 67,246 in 2020.
Jones County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 93°F in summer, and winter lows average 35°F. About 59.8 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Laurel, MS weather station (10 miles away).
23,634 jobs at 1,306 businesses in Jones County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
2 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Sandersville.
Nearest hospitals
Providers with an office here
| Nurse practitioners and physician assistants | 2 |
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Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
Parks (2 nearby)
Counts are within about 1.5 miles of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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Shares ZIP codes with Heidelberg.
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