Official Name: | Quito, Mississippi |
Pushpin Map: | Mississippi#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Quito |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Mississippi |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Leflore |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation M: | 38 |
Elevation Ft: | 125 |
Coordinates: | 33.4386°N -90.3011°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 38941 |
Area Code: | 662 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 676441 |
Quito is an unincorporated community located in Leflore County, Mississippi. Quito is approximately 6miles north of Morgan City and 3miles south of Itta Bena along Mississippi Highway 7.
It is part of the Greenwood, Mississippi micropolitan area.
Quito is located on the former Columbus and Greenville Railroad. A post office operated under the name Quito from 1907 to 1918.[1]
It was once believed that blues musician Robert Johnson was buried in the Payne Chapel cemetery, but evidence now points to him being buried at Little Zion M.B. Church Cemetery north of Greenwood.[2]