Utica is a town in Hinds County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 820 at the 2010 census, down from 966 at the 2000 census. Utica is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area.HistoryUtica was located on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad. A weekly newspaper, the Herald, was established in 1897. In the early 1900s, Utica had several churches, eight hotels, a public school for white students, and an industrial college for black students. Agriculture consisted of watermelons, cotton and timber. The settlement had a sawmill, three cotton gins, and a brick plant. The population in 1907 was nearly 1,000.GeographyUtica is in southwest Hinds County at the junctions of Mississippi Highways 18 and 27. Highway 18 leads northeast to Jackson, the state capital, and southwest to Port Gibson, while Highway 27 leads northwest to Vicksburg and southeast to Crystal Springs.According to the United States Census Bureau, Utica has a total area of 7.8km2, of which 0.02km2, or 0.25%, are water.
