Napoleon, Mississippi

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Napoleon, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Napoleon
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Napoleon
Coordinates: 30°19′35″N89°37′39″W / 30.32639°N 89.62750°W / 30.32639; -89.62750
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Hancock
Elevation
16 ft (5 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 228
GNIS feature ID692097 [1]

Napoleon is an unincorporated community located on the Pearl River in Hancock County, Mississippi, United States. [1]

A post office operated under the name Napoleon from 1847 to 1905. [2] After the post office closed, mail was routed to the post office in Huxford. [3]

Napoleon was once home to a turpentine and camphine distillery. [4]

Much of the community was abandoned after the creation of the Stennis Space Center. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Napoleon, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ "Hancock County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
  3. ↑ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 288.
  4. ↑ 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. 23.
  5. ↑ "Brief History". NASA.gov. NASA. Retrieved March 4, 2021.


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