Quito is an unincorporated community located in Leflore County

Leflore County, Mississippi

-National protected area:*Mathews Brake National Wildlife Refuge*Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 37,947 people, 12,956 households, and 8,887 families residing in the county. The population density was 64 people per square mile...

, Mississippi

Mississippi

Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi...

, United States

United States

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. Quito is approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Morgan City

Morgan City, Mississippi

Morgan City is a town in Leflore County, Mississippi, northeast of Swiftown and south-southwest of Itta Bena along Mississippi Highway 7. The population was 305 at the 2000 census...

 and 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Itta Bena

Itta Bena, Mississippi

Itta Bena is a city in Leflore County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 2,208 at the 2000 census. The town's name is derived from the Choctaw phrase iti bina, meaning "forest camp"...

 along Mississippi Highway 7.

It is part of the Greenwood, Mississippi micropolitan area

Greenwood, Mississippi micropolitan area

The Greenwood Micropolitan Statistical Area is a micropolitan area in the northwestern Delta region of Mississippi that covers two counties - Leflore and Carroll...

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The cemetery of Payne Chapel in Quito is one of three locations held to be the burial place of blues musician Robert Johnson.