Jayess, Mississippi

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Jayess, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 31°21′54″N90°12′21″W / 31.36500°N 90.20583°W / 31.36500; -90.20583 Coordinates: 31°21′54″N90°12′21″W / 31.36500°N 90.20583°W / 31.36500; -90.20583
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Lawrence
Elevation
446 ft (136 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
39641
Area code(s) 601 & 769
GNIS feature ID671818 [1]

Jayess is an unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Mississippi, United States. [1]

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History

Jayess was named for J.S. Butterfield, owner of the Butterfield Lumber Company. [2] The Butterfield Company laid down a railroad through Jayess in 1912 to transport timber being harvested in the area to the company's sawmill in Norfield, approximately 15 mi (24 km) west of Jayess. [3] J.S. Butterfield's initials were used until the Postal Department changed it in when opened in 1912, to create the name "Jayess.". [2] A post office is still located at the settlement. [4]

Both a sawmill and a cotton gin were located in Jayess. [3] [5]

A klavern of the Ku Klux Klan was located in Jayess during the early 1960s. [6]

The Jayess Baptist Church is located at the settlement. [7] Located west of Jayess is the Boyd-Cothern House, constructed in 1837, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jayess
  2. 1 2 "Towns and Communities of Lawrence County, Mississippi". MS Genealogy. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  3. 1 2 Beard, Lewis Jackson (October 9, 2009). "Jayess, Mississippi: Pictures from the Past". Jayess, Mississippi: Pictures from the Past.
  4. ↑ "Jayess". PostOfficeFinder.org. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  5. ↑ The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1975. p. 430.
  6. ↑ Hearings Before the Committee on Un-American Activities, House of Representatives. United States Congress, House Committee on Un-American Activities. 1966. p. 1583.
  7. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jayess Baptist Church
  8. ↑ "Boyd-Cothern House". Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Noteworthy: The Mississippi origins of 'Mommy Kissing Santa' | HubCitySPOKES". www.hubcityspokes.com. Retrieved 2021-02-15.
  10. ↑ Criminal Alien Requirement (Florida, Mississippi and Georgia): Environmental Impact Statement. 2. U.S. Department of Justice. 2001. pp. VIII-10.
  11. ↑ Morris, Tiyi Makeda (2015). Womanpower Unlimited and the Black Freedom Struggle in Mississippi. University of Georgia Press. p. 2. ISBN   9780820347301.
  12. ↑ Mustafaa, Ayesha K. (March 26, 2015). "City Council Meeting at JSU eCenter Draws Huge Turnout" (PDF). The Mississippi Link.
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