Knoxville, Mississippi

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Knoxville, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Knoxville
Coordinates: 31°22′44″N91°07′15″W / 31.37889°N 91.12083°W / 31.37889; -91.12083
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Franklin
Elevation
141 ft (43 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area codes 601 & 769
GNIS feature ID693669 [1]

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

History

Knoxville is located on the former Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad. [2] The community was incorporated in 1886 and named for Knoxville, Tennessee. [3]

A post office operated under the name Knoxville from 1849 to 1955. [4]

The Knoxville White Male and Female Academy was opened in Knoxville in 1886. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Knoxville". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ Howe, Tony. "Knoxville, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  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. 1003.
  4. ↑ "Franklin County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  5. ↑ Geoghegan, Ann Allen. "Early Schools in Franklin County, Mississippi". usgwarchives.net. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
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