Glancy, Mississippi

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Glancy, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Glancy
Coordinates: 31°49′07″N90°29′47″W / 31.81861°N 90.49639°W / 31.81861; -90.49639 Coordinates: 31°49′07″N90°29′47″W / 31.81861°N 90.49639°W / 31.81861; -90.49639
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Copiah
Elevation
331 ft (101 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 601 & 769
GNIS feature ID691890 [1]

Glancy (also Center Point) is an unincorporated community in Copiah County, Mississippi, United States. [1]

A post office operated under the name Glancy from 1904 to 1953. [2]

The Southern Package Corporation once operated a mill in Glancy. [3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Glancy, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ "Copiah County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  3. ↑ LaTricia M. Nelson-Easley (2007). Copiah County. Arcadia Publishing. p. 49. ISBN   978-0-7385-5300-9.


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