Little Springs is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Mississippi.[1]

Little Springs, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 31°24′09″N 90°43′36″W
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Franklin
Elevation	440 ft (134 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID	693784[1]

The Homochitto National Forest is located a short distance west of the community along Little Springs Road.

The community was named for the large number of springs located there.[2]

In 1820, the Mount Zion Baptist Church was established 3 mi (4.8 km) west of Little Springs.[3]

The first school was the Magnolia School, built in 1854. A new school, the Little Springs High School, replaced it in 1901.[4]

A post office was in operation in the early 1900s.[1]

Notable people

• Moze Hunt Jones, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1908 to 1914[5]
• Dan R. McGehee, U.S. Representative from Mississippi.[6]
• William Madison Whittington, U.S. Representative from Mississippi.[7]

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