Edinburg, Mississippi

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Edinburg, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Edinburg
Coordinates: 32°47′57″N89°20′10″W / 32.79917°N 89.33611°W / 32.79917; -89.33611
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Leake
Elevation
377 ft (115 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
39051
Area codes 601 & 769
GNIS feature ID690913 [1]

Edinburg is an unincorporated community located in Leake County, Mississippi, United States. [1] It is situated mainly on the right bank of the Pearl River at the junction of Mississippi Highway 16 and Mississippi Highway 427.

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History

Edinburg takes its name from Edinburgh, in Scotland. [2]

In 1900, the community was home to the Edinburg High School and had a population of 123. [3] A post office first began operation under the name Edinburgh in 1841. [4]

Notable people

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Edinburg". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Washington, D.C.: Govt. Print. Off. pp.  114.
  3. ↑ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 669.
  4. ↑ "Leake County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  5. ↑ "The Van Barfoot Story". Archived from the original on July 11, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Jim Barnett's Biography". Vote Smart. Retrieved March 10, 2018.
  7. ↑ Mississippi. Legislature (January 1, 1944). "Hand book : biographical data of members of Senate and House, personnel of standing committees [1944]". Mississippi Legislature Hand Books.
  8. ↑ Bill Stribling profile, nfl.com. Accessed October 7, 2022.
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