Wayfarrow

Fitch

Ghost town · Coahoma County, Mississippi

Tutwiler quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:62,500)
Tutwiler quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Fitch is a ghost town in Coahoma County, Mississippi. It is one of 21 former communities in Coahoma County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 6th among the 57 Mississippi counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Fitch as a historical populated place on the Tutwiler topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 34.0309° N, 90.4565° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleTutwiler
Elevation158 ft
Nearest living townTutwiler, MS
Distance to it1.6 miles
GNIS feature ID710432
Coordinates34.03095, -90.45648

Open the location on a map

What's there now

Fitch is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Tutwiler, MS (population 2,049), about 1.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 158 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Questions

Where is Fitch?

Fitch is in Coahoma County, Mississippi, at 34.0309, -90.4565.

How many ghost towns are in Coahoma County?

Coahoma County, Mississippi has 21 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

Sources and licences

Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.