| Official Name: | Jayess, Mississippi |
| Pushpin Map: | Mississippi#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Jayess |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Mississippi |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Lawrence |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation Ft: | 446 |
| Coordinates: | 31.365°N -90.2058°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 39641 |
| Area Code: | 601 & 769 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 671818 |
Jayess is an unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Mississippi, United States.
Jayess was named for J.S. Butterfield, owner of the Butterfield Lumber Company.[1] The Butterfield Company laid down a railroad through Jayess in 1912 to transport timber being harvested in the area to the company's sawmill in Norfield, approximately 15miles west of Jayess.[2] J.S. Butterfield's initials were used until the Postal Department changed it in when opened in 1912, to create the name "Jayess.".[1] A post office is still located at the settlement.[3]
Both a sawmill and a cotton gin were located in Jayess.[2] [4]
A klavern of the Ku Klux Klan was located in Jayess during the early 1960s.[5]
The Jayess Baptist Church is located at the settlement. Located west of Jayess is the Boyd-Cothern House, constructed in 1837, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[6]