Birdie, Mississippi

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Birdie, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Birdie, Mississippi
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Birdie, Mississippi
Coordinates: 34°23′31″N90°22′55″W / 34.39194°N 90.38194°W / 34.39194; -90.38194
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Quitman
Elevation
167 ft (51 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 662
GNIS feature ID691706 [1]

Birdie is an unincorporated community in Quitman County, Mississippi. Birdie is located on Mississippi Highway 315, northwest of Marks.

Birdie is located on the former Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad. [2]

A post office operated under the name Birdie from 1898 to 1929. [3]

Birdie served as a polling place from 1983 to 1987. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Birdie, Mississippi
  2. ↑ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 244.
  3. ↑ "Quitman County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
  4. ↑ Voting Rights Act: Section 5 of the Act--History, Scope, and Purpose, Serial No. 109-79. Washington, D.C.: United States Congress. 2006. p. 1360.


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