Thaxton, MS -- U.S. town in Mississippi Population (2000): 513 Housing Units (2000): 192 Land area (2000): 8.492354 sq. miles (21.995094 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.043114 sq. miles (0.111665 sq. km) Total area (2000): 8.535468 sq. miles (22.106759 sq. km) FIPS code: 72760 Located within: Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28 Location: 34.302923 N, 89.171979 W ZIP Codes (1990): 38871 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Thaxton, MS Thaxton