Toomsuba is a

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(CDP) and

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in Lauderdale County,

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, United States. Its population was 778 as of the 2020 census. Its ZIP code is 39364. The community is named after Toomsuba Creek.

Geography

Toomsuba is in eastern Lauderdale County, east of

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, the

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. U.S. Routes 80 and 11 pass through the community as its main street. Interstate Highways 20 and 59 run along the southern edge of the community, with access from Exit 165 (Will Garrett Road). I-20 and I-59 lead west to Meridian and northeast to

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, while U.S. Route 11 and 80 lead west to Meridian and east to their split near

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. According to the

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, the Toomsuba CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 6.27%, are land. In addition to the Toomsuba town center at the crossroads of US 11/80 with Will Garrett Road and Lauderdale–Toomsuba Road, the CDP contains residential development around Bailey Lake, a reservoir just west of the town center.

Demographics

As of the

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, there were 778 people, 300 households, and 194 families residing in the CDP.

Notable people

* Norman Robinson, former

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journalist * Jack Spinks, former

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fullback and partial namesake of

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, the home stadium of the

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* Richard E. Thompson, member of the Mississippi State Senate from 1916 to 1920 * John A. Yeager, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1916 to 1932

Notes

Census-designated places in Lauderdale County, Mississippi Unincorporated communities in Mississippi Census-designated places in Mississippi Unincorporated communities in Lauderdale County, Mississippi Census-designated places in Meridian micropolitan area Mississippi placenames of Native American origin {{LauderdaleCountyMS-geo-stub