Cheraw, Mississippi

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Cheraw, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Cheraw
Coordinates: 31°9′21″N89°50′36″W / 31.15583°N 89.84333°W / 31.15583; -89.84333
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Marion
Elevation
148 ft (45 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID668362 [1]

Cheraw is an unincorporated community in Marion County, Mississippi, United States.

History

Cheraw was founded in 1905, and named after Cheraw, South Carolina, which is in turned named for the Cheraw tribe. [2]

Reverend Isom Pounds and Margaret Parker Pounds were said to have co-founded the town when, following marriage, they relocated there from Cheraw, South Carolina in the early 1800s. [3]

Cheraw is located on the Canadian National Railway. [4]

A post office operated under the name Cheraw from 1905 to 1925. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Cheraw". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ Baca, Keith A. (2007). Native American Place Names in Mississippi. University Press of Mississippi. p. 21. ISBN   978-1-60473-483-6.
  3. ↑ GENI: Margaret Parker Pounds, Co-Founder of Cheraw, MS
  4. ↑ Howe, Tony. "Cheraw, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Marion County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved May 28, 2023.


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