Goss is an unincorporated community in Marion County, Mississippi, United States, located about 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Highway 35, and about 7 minutes north of Columbia. The largest business in Goss is the Georgia Pacific lumber yard. On Highway 13, Goss Baptist Church is the best indication that a traveler has reached Goss. There is no stoplight in Goss. After Hurricane Katrina, Goss Baptist Church was one of the first responders to the community. Educationally, Goss is served by the [[Columbia School District (Mississippi).
Goss is also home to several tree farming operations and some home businesses. There is also one convenience store, a feed store, a lawnmower shop, and a barber shop. There is now broadband internet service and cable television service available. Hunting is a popular form of recreation among the residents of Goss.
The community of Goss was at one time larger than Columbia. There used to be an apartment complex (3 stores high) that has burned and there were two saw mills, the Georgia Pacific, which is still in operation, and one behind the stores that are currently in the community. The latter went out of business after the train that formerly went through Goss ceased operations and the creek and the river passing through the community changed. There was formerly a school in the community that burned down twice. The community of Goss is served by The Tri-Community Volunteer Fire Department.
The Bunker Hill community is across Highway 13 from Goss.
Goss Mississippi was founded in the early 1900s by Forrest Zeno Goss, who later moved east of Picayune and settled west of the Kiln community.
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