Richton, MS -- U.S. town in Mississippi Population (2000): 1038 Housing Units (2000): 497 Land area (2000): 2.293370 sq. miles (5.939801 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.293370 sq. miles (5.939801 sq. km) FIPS code: 62480 Located within: Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28 Location: 31.349425 N, 88.938499 W ZIP Codes (1990): 39476 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Richton, MS Richton