Alcorn, Mississippi

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Alcorn, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 31°52′41″N91°08′21″W / 31.87806°N 91.13917°W / 31.87806; -91.13917
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of Mississippi.svg Mississippi
County Claiborne
Elevation
82 m (269 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes 601 & 769
GNIS feature ID671128 [1]

Alcorn is an unincorporated community in Claiborne County, Mississippi, United States. [1] It is the common name given to sites without a name but are around or close to Alcorn State University. Alcorn State University is officially in Lorman, Mississippi by zip code in Jefferson County, Mississippi. A post office operated under the name Alcorn from 1906 to 1954. [2]

Alcorn is the location of four places listed on the National Register of Historic Places:

References

  1. 1 2 "Alcorn, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ "Claiborne County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved May 14, 2020.


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