| Official Name: | Bogue Chitto, Lincoln County, Mississippi |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | Mississippi#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Bogue Chitto |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Mississippi##Location in the United States |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Mississippi |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Lincoln |
| Area Total Km2: | 5.85 |
| Area Land Km2: | 5.85 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.0 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 437 |
| Population Density Km2: | 89.2 |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation Ft: | 404 |
| Coordinates: | 31.4389°N -90.4522°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 39629 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 28-07322 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 667378 |
Bogue Chitto is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lincoln County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 437.[1] Bogue Chitto is the only municipal hamlet in the state of Mississippi.[2]
Bogue Chitto takes its name from the nearby Bogue Chitto River, the name of which is a Choctaw word, Bok Chito, meaning "big river".[3] [4]
The population in 1900 was 582. At that time, the settlement had telephone and telegraph services, a school, and several churches. The local economy involved the lumber industry, and a lumber mill and cotton gin were located there.
The settlement is located on a branch of the Illinois Central Railroad.
Bogue Chitto is in southern Lincoln County, west of the Bogue Chitto River and east of Interstate 55, which provides access to the town at Exit 30 (Bogue Chitto Road). I-55 leads north to Jackson, the state capital, and south the same distance to Hammond, Louisiana. U.S. Route 51 runs through the community, just west of the center of town and parallel to I-55. US 51 leads north 10miles to Brookhaven, the Lincoln county seat, and south to McComb.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Bogue Chitto CDP has an area of 5.8sqkm, all of it recorded as land. The Bogue Chitto River flows south past the community, then southeast into Louisiana, where it joins the Pearl River.
Bogue Chitto (Lincoln County) first appeared as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. Census.
| White alone (NH) | 234 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 182 | 44.83% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 41.65% | |
| Black or African American alone (NH) | 277 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 230 | 53.07% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 52.63% | |
| Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) | 0 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 2 | 0.00% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 0.46% | |
| Asian alone (NH) | 1 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 0 | 0.19% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 0.00% | |
| Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 0 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 0 | 0.00% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 0.00% | |
| Some Other Race alone (NH) | 0 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 0 | 0.00% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 0.00% | |
| Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH) | 4 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 16 | 0.77% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 3.66% | |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 6 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 7 | 1.15% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 1.60% | |
| Total | 522 | style='background: #ffffe6; | 437 | 100.00% | style='background: #ffffe6; | 100.00% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 437 people, 110 households, and 80 families residing in the CDP.
Bogue Chitto is part of the Lincoln County School District. The Bogue Chitto Attendance Center serves area students in grades K-12. The community's first school was built in 1924. The original Art Deco-style building was demolished in 2003 by Jackson Salvage Company.