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Mize is an incorporated town in Smith County, Mississippi, and it is the home of the Mississippi Watermelon Festival.

Mize was settled by Europeans by the early 1900s on the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad lines, while Choctaw Indians had lived in the area for thousands of years before being forced westward by the early 1800s.

Mize is proximate to Sullivan's Hollow, Mississippi, the home of outlaw William Cicero Wild Bill Sullivan.

On April 6, 2005, an F-3 tornado struck Mize High School, ripping off the school's second floor and severely damaging the entire structure, and reconstruction efforts were completed in 2007.

Mize had 317 residents, 88 households, and 64 families at the 2020 census, down 6.8 percent from 340 in 2010.

The town covers 2.44 square miles, all land, at an elevation of 300 feet, and its ZIP code is 39116.

The Town of Mize is served by the Smith County School District, and the Mize Attendance Center (K-12) provides education for the area, with Bully the Bulldog as its mascot and blue and gold as its colors.

Eric Clark, Secretary of State of Mississippi from 1996 to 2008, is a notable person from Mize.

Eugene Sims, a former professional football player for the St. Louis and Los Angeles Rams from 2010 to 2016, is a notable person from Mize.

Prentiss Walker, the first Republican to represent Mississippi in the U.S. House of Representatives since Reconstruction, is a notable person from Mize.