Peyton, Claiborne County, Mississippi

This article is about the community in southwest Mississippi. For the ghost town in northwest Mississippi, see Peyton, Tunica County, Mississippi.

Peyton, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 31°50′16″N90°48′08″W / 31.83778°N 90.80222°W / 31.83778; -90.80222
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Claiborne
Elevation	266 ft (81 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID	694352 [1]

Peyton is an unincorporated community in Claiborne County, Mississippi, United States. ^[1]

Peyton had a post office from 1900 to 1935. ^{[2] [3]}

The Peyton Lookout Tower is located east of the settlement. ^[4]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Peyton
2. Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 419.
3. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Peyton Post Office (historical)
4. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Peyton Lookout Tower