Point, Mississippi

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Point, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 32°18′41″N88°53′26″W / 32.31139°N 88.89056°W / 32.31139; -88.89056
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Lauderdale
Elevation
276 ft (84 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
39320
Area code(s) 601 & 769
GNIS feature ID676166 [1]

Point is an unincorporated community in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, United States. [1] Its ZIP code is 39323. [2]

History

Initially established sometime prior to 1891 as a flagstop and freight station on the Illinois Central Railroad, the community was known as Lacey [3] until September 1895, when a post office was established at the place by Samuel H. Wilson. [4] The community had a depot, water tank, post office, house track, school, [5] and a siding track. [6] The population was 27 in 1900. [7] The post office was abolished in March 1907. [8]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Point, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ United States Postal Service (2021). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code" . Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  3. ↑ Commission, Mississippi Railroad (1891). Biennial Report of the Railroad Commission of the State of Mississippi, for the Two Years Ending ... The Commission.
  4. ↑ Brieger, James F (1997). Hometown Mississippi. Jackson, Miss.: Town Square Books, Inc. ISBN   978-1-886017-05-4. OCLC   38255017.
  5. ↑ "With Our County Neighbors". The Newton Record. January 29, 1903. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
  6. ↑ Howe, Tony. "Alabama & Vicksburg Railway Map".
  7. ↑ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 450.
  8. ↑ "Mississippi Rails". www.msrailroads.com. Retrieved June 20, 2021.


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