Iuka, Mississippi

About Iuka

Iuka is a small town in northeastern Mississippi counting 3,075 people who proudly call it home.

Officially, Iuka is an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 9.69 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 317 residents per square mile.

📰 Iuka News Today

• Weather Forecast and Conditions for Iuka, Mississippi - The Weather Channel | Weather.com The Weather Channel · Aug 23
• Iuka Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 27
• Traveling Vietnam Wall makes stop in Iuka, MS WTVA · Jun 26
• Dale D. Tapp Obituary (2026) - Iuka, MS - Cutshall Funeral Home - Iuka Legacy | Obituary · Sep 27
• Where Do Aprons Go to Retire? A Tiny Museum in Mississippi. The New York Times · Dec 30

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

Read the latest Mississippi headlines on our news site, Bless News Daily.

What Makes Iuka Unique

• Positioned in northeastern Mississippi, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Mississippi — one of 427 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 11 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Iuka

• Bian Garden — chinese
• Country Squire — regional
• Cream & Sugar Café — coffee shop
• Donna's Italian Beef — italian
• El Picante 2 — mexican
• El Picante Inc — mexican
• Farmhouse Restaurant — regional
• Front Street Snack Bar
• Hometown Pizza Iuka — pizza
• Lil Smokies — barbecue

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Iuka

• Mineral Springs Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Iuka

• IUKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
• IUKA MIDDLE SCHOOL
• TISHOMINGO COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

🏥 Hospitals & Healthcare

• Tishomingo Health Services Inc ★★ (2/5 CMS rating) · 24/7 ER

Medicare-registered hospitals with official CMS star ratings.

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🌤️ Current Weather

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Source: National Weather Service

🗺️ Map of Iuka

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