Leake County
Also known as Leake County, Mississippi, Leake County, MS
county in Mississippi, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Mississippi
- Named after
- Walter Leake
- Seat
- Carthage
- Largest city
- Carthage
- Total
- 585 sq mi (1,520 km )
- Land
- 583 sq mi (1,510 km )
- Water
- 2.5 sq mi (6.5 km ) 0.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 21,662
- Density
- 36.5/sq mi (14.1/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
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Leake County is a county in the center of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,275. Its county seat is Carthage. The county is named for Walter Leake, the Governor of Mississippi from 1822 to 1825.
In 2010, the center of population of Mississippi was located in Leake County, near the town of Lena.