Hamburg, Mississippi

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Hamburg, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Hamburg
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Hamburg
Coordinates: 31°34′44″N91°04′00″W / 31.57889°N 91.06667°W / 31.57889; -91.06667
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Franklin
Elevation
407 ft (124 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 601 & 769
GNIS feature ID693401 [1]

Hamburg is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Mississippi, United States.

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History

Hamburg is located on the former Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad. [2] The community was incorporated in 1886 and unincorporated at a later date. [3]

A post office operated under the name Hamburgh from 1838 to 1893 and under the name Hamburg from 1893 to 1965. [4]

Hamburg was formerly home to three separate newspapers. The Franklin Herald was established in 1886 and operated in Hamburg until 1890, when the printing equipment was moved to Knoxville. [5] The Hamburg Gazette was published weekly beginning in 1900. [6] The Gusher was also published weekly by O. Q. Griffing beginning in 1901. [7]

The Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad operated a gravel pit in Hamburg. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Hamburg". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ Howe, Tony. "Hamburg, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  3. ↑ Mississippi (1886). Laws of the State of Mississippi. State of Mississippi. p. 555.
  4. ↑ "Franklin County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  5. ↑ Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi: Embracing an Authentic and Comprehensive Account of the Chief Events in the History of the State and a Record of the Lives of Many of the Most Worthy and Illustrious Families and Individuals. Goodspeed. 1891. p. 230.
  6. ↑ "The Hamburg Gazette (Hamburg, Miss.) 1900-19??". loc.gov. Library of Congress. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  7. ↑ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 1. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 833.
  8. ↑ Ephraim Noble Lowe (1920). Road-making Materials of Mississippi. State geological survey. p. 57.


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