Philadelphia, Mississippi

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The city of Philadelphia is located in Neshoba County and is the county seat.

Philadelphia is 130 feet [39.62 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Philadelphia lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Philadelphia can be found in:

At the time of the 2000 Census, Philadelphia had a population of 7,303 people^<3> (or 25.43% of the total population of Neshoba County). The population of Philadelphia represented 0.26% of the total of Mississippi, making it the state's 47th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Philadelphia had a population of 7,977 people. This is an increase of 9.23% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Philadelphia.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<4>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bogue Chitto	E	11 mi [17.7 km]	---
	Carthage	W	24 mi [38.62 km]	4,815	3.84% increase
	Decatur	S	23 mi [37.01 km]	1,943	36.26% increase
	Noxapater	N	15 mi [24.14 km]	410	2.15% decrease
	Pearl River	W	6 mi [9.66 km]	---
	Sebastopol	SW	18 mi [28.97 km]	234	0.43% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Philadelphia.

The Commemorative Quarter for Mississippi<5>

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Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Philadelphia. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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