Main city: Leakesville
Timezone: Central
Phone type: Landline
Operator: Southeast Mississippi Telephone Co.

Leakesville, Mississippi, a town located along the Chickasawhay River in Greene County, around the junction of Mississippi routes 57 and 63. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 1,026. It is the county seat of Greene County. ^source

Area codes 601 and 769 are the telephone area codes for central Mississippi. Originally, area code 601 covered the entire state. In 1997, area code 228 was created for the Mississippi Gulf Coast area. In 1999, area code 662 was created in the northern half of Mississippi. In 2005, Mississippi's first overlay area code, area code 769, was approved for use to overlay 601. Because of the overlay, 10 digit dialing was made mandatory in the 601/769 area code. ^source