[2] Paul Davis, a singer and songwriter from Meridian, Mississippi, wrote a song called "Sweet Magnolia Blues", which refers to Soso.

According to tradition, the name "Soso" was derived from an old settler's common response to a question about how he was doing: "so-so".

Among its notable residents was Unionist Newton Knight, who lived there mostly after the Reconstruction era with his wife Rachel and family.

After the war he lived in Jasper County for a time, where he was active in the Republican Party.

After Reconstruction ended, Knight retired from politics, as white Democrats took over county and state offices.

Laurel, the largest city in Jones County, is 10 miles southeast of Soso via Highways 28 and 84.

Mississippi Highway 29 has its northern terminus in Soso and leads south 12 miles (19 km) to Ellisville.

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 418 people, 163 households, and 130 families residing in the town.