Gallman, Mississippi

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Gallman, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Gallman
Coordinates: 31°55′56″N90°23′21″W / 31.93222°N 90.38917°W / 31.93222; -90.38917 Coordinates: 31°55′56″N90°23′21″W / 31.93222°N 90.38917°W / 31.93222; -90.38917
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Copiah
Elevation
472 ft (144 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
39077
Area code(s) 601 & 769
GNIS feature ID670303 [1]

Gallman, also known as Wyoming, is an unincorporated community in Copiah County, Mississippi, United States. Gallman is located along Interstate 55 and U.S. Route 51 4.25 miles (6.84 km) south-southwest of Crystal Springs. Gallman has a post office with ZIP code 39077, which opened on November 8, 1872. [2] [3]

Gallman is home to Copiah Academy, a private school in the Mississippi Association of Independent Schools. Copiah Academy services K3-12th grades and is a Christian-based college preparatory school.

History

Gallman is named for an early resident. [4] Gallman is located on the former Illinois Central Railroad. [5] In 1906 the population was estimated to be at 200 people, and the community was home to a church and several stores. [6]

The Gallman Historic District was included in the National Register of Historic Places listings in Copiah County, Mississippi on March 31, 1986. [7]

A post office operated under the name Wyoming from 1857 to 1858. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Gallman". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code" . Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  3. ↑ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service . Retrieved June 7, 2013.
  4. ↑ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp.  134.
  5. ↑ Howe, Tony. "Gallman, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  6. ↑ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 758.
  7. ↑ Capace, Nancy (2001). Encyclopedia of Mississippi. North American Book Dist LLC. p. 484. ISBN   9780403096039 . Retrieved 2013-06-07.
  8. ↑ "Copiah County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 5 July 2020.


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