Marks city page lists key Quitman County officials and contacts
Marks’ city page puts police, utility, court and street contacts in one place. For a small county seat, that directory is the fastest route to the office that can solve the problem.
When a water line breaks, a street needs attention, or a court matter has to be filed correctly, Marks residents do not need to guess which door to knock on. The City of Marks page on the Quitman County website lays out the key municipal contacts in one place, along with the city’s mailing address at P.O. Box 315 in Marks, MS 38646 and the main phone and fax numbers, 662-326-3161 and 662-326-3164. In a county seat as small as Marks, that simple directory is more than convenience. It is the practical map for daily government.
Who handles what in Marks
The city page names the officials most residents are likely to need first. City Clerk Shakera McKay is the point of contact for city records and other clerk functions, while Court Clerk Patricia Thomas handles court-related business. Street Superintendent Gerry Stanford oversees street issues, Chief of Police Marvin Furr handles policing, and Utility Operator K T Newman is the name to know for utility service.
That division of responsibility matters because the most urgent civic problems are usually specific. A parking complaint, a street condition, a utility outage, or a filing deadline each belongs to a different office. The page gives residents a clear answer to the most common local question: who is responsible for this problem right now?
The county seat is where daily business comes together
Marks is the county seat of Quitman County, so the city is where municipal and county life meet in public view. The county directory places the Quitman County Courthouse at 220 Chestnut Street in Marks, MS 38646, and it also lists the Marks Police Department at 340 Pecan Street. Those locations reinforce what the city page already shows: residents do not have to travel far to reach the core offices that shape everyday life.
Other services are clustered there too, including the Quitman County Library and Quitman Community Hospital. In a small rural county, that concentration gives Marks outsized importance. It is where people go for records, court business, public safety, health care and basic local information, which makes accurate contact details a civic necessity rather than a formality.
Why this directory matters in a small county
Quitman County was created in 1877 and had a population of 6,176 in the 2020 census, making it one of Mississippi’s least populous counties. Marks had a population of 1,444 in the 2020 census. Those numbers help explain why a single city page can carry so much weight: in a small county, one wrong phone call or one missed office can slow down a matter that affects an entire household.
The directory also shows how transparency works at the local level. When residents know exactly who serves as city clerk, court clerk, street superintendent, police chief and utility operator, they can reach the right office faster and track responsibility more easily. That kind of clarity is especially important in a county seat, where city and county functions overlap in the daily lives of residents.
How Marks became the center of county government
The county seat was not always in Marks. Quitman County history says the seat was originally at Belen, but the old courthouse there burned in 1908. Leopold Marks donated 10 acres for a new courthouse in Marks, and the new Quitman County Courthouse was completed in 1911. The town itself was founded in 1907, when the county seat moved there, and the history page says it was originally called Riverside before being renamed Marks.
That history still shapes the present layout of public life. The courthouse, police department and city offices cluster in and around the town that grew into the county seat after the move. The result is a compact government center where residents can deal with everyday issues without navigating a large urban bureaucracy.
Marks in the broader municipal network
The Mississippi Municipal League lists Marks as one of its municipal members, placing the city within the state’s broader network of local governments. That membership reflects a larger reality: even a small county seat has to manage the same basic duties as larger cities, from policing and utility service to streets and records.
For Quitman County residents, the practical value of the city page is immediate. It tells them where to send mail, which number to call and which official handles the problem in front of them. In Marks, that kind of plain public information is not just helpful. It is part of how local government works.
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