Lynwood, Mississippi

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Lynwood, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Lynwood
Coordinates: 32°12′41″N89°48′30″W / 32.21139°N 89.80833°W / 32.21139; -89.80833
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Rankin
Elevation
531 ft (162 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
39545
Area codes 601 & 769
GNIS feature ID709075 [1]

Lynwood is a ghost town in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States. [1]

History

Lynwood had a post office from 1881 to 1910. [2] [3] The population in 1900 was 46. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lynwood (historical)
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lynwood Post Office (historical)
  3. ↑ "Rankin County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  4. ↑ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 157.
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