Editing State Line, Mississippi (section)

== Geography ==
State Line is located at {{coord|31|26|16|N|88|28|34|W|type:city}} (31.437799, -88.476104).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> The town is on the border between [[Wayne County, Mississippi|Wayne County]] on the north and [[Greene County, Mississippi|Greene County]] on the south, with the town's area approximately equally in both.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US2870320&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=4001&context=AdvSearch&_lang=en |title=American FactFinder Reference Map |access-date=2006-07-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310220019/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US2870320&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=4001&context=AdvSearch&_lang=en |archive-date=2007-03-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the 2010 census, 304 of the town's 565 residents (53.8%) lived in Greene County and 261 (46.2%) in Wayne County.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1590000US2804170320| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): State Line town (part), Greene County, Mississippi| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| accessdate=December 20, 2016| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213160432/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1590000US2804170320| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1590000US2815370320| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): State Line town (part), Wayne County, Mississippi| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| accessdate=December 20, 2016| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213161116/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1590000US2815370320| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

The town center is {{convert|1.5|mi}} west of the [[Alabama]]–Mississippi border. [[U.S. Route 45]] passes through the northeast corner of the town, leading northwest {{convert|20|mi}} to [[Waynesboro, Mississippi|Waynesboro]], the Wayne County seat, and southeast {{convert|63|mi}} to [[Mobile, Alabama]]. [[Mississippi Highway 57]] passes through the east side of State Line, leading south {{convert|23|mi}} to [[Leakesville, Mississippi|Leakesville]], the Greene County seat. [[Mississippi Highway 42]] passes through the center of State Line as St. Peter Street, leading west {{convert|53|mi}} to [[Hattiesburg, Mississippi|Hattiesburg]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town of State Line has a total area of {{convert|4.30|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|4.27|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|0.03|sqmi}} (0.70%) is water.<ref>{{cite web
 |url         = https://www.census.gov/tiger/tms/gazetteer/places2k.txt
 |title       = Census 2000 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Places
 |publisher   = United States Census
 |access-date  = 2011-02-09
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20021217013043/http://www.census.gov/tiger/tms/gazetteer/places2k.txt
 |archive-date = 2002-12-17
 }}</ref>