Dentville, Mississippi

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Dentville, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Dentville
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Dentville
Coordinates: 31°57′36″N90°33′19″W / 31.96000°N 90.55528°W / 31.96000; -90.55528
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Copiah
Elevation
262 ft (80 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes 601 & 769
GNIS feature ID669234 [1]

Dentville, also known as Pine Bluff, is an unincorporated community in Copiah County, Mississippi, United States.

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History

The community was originally known as Pine Bluff, a descriptive name for a bluff over Bayou Pierre. A post office already existed with the name Pine Bluff in Mississippi, so the community was named Dentville in honor of Warren Dent, a storeowner and the community's first postmaster. [2]

A post office operated under the name Dentville from 1887 to 1906. [3]

Notable person

References

  1. ↑ "Dentville". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ LaTricia M. Nelson-Easley (2007). Copiah County. Arcadia Publishing. p. 25. ISBN   978-0-7385-5300-9.
  3. ↑ "Copiah County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
  4. ↑ Steven Laurence Danver (2011). Revolts, Protests, Demonstrations, and Rebellions in American History: An Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 675. ISBN   978-1-59884-221-0.
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