Sontag, Mississippi

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Sontag, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Sontag
Coordinates: 31°39′09″N90°12′15″W / 31.65250°N 90.20417°W / 31.65250; -90.20417
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Lawrence
Elevation
259 ft (79 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
39665
Area codes 601 & 769
GNIS feature ID677977 [1]

Sontag is an unincorporated community in northwest Lawrence County, Mississippi. [2] It is the nearest community to Johnson-White House, a house listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places that was designed by architect Andrew Johnson. [3] [4] The community is located near the former Mississippi Central Railroad (later purchased by the Illinois Central Railroad and the line was purchased by current owner, the Canadian National Railway). [5] In 1900, the population was 25. [6] The zip code is: 39665.

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sontag
  2. ↑ "Sontag, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. ↑ Lawrence County Folk and Vernacular TR
  4. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  5. ↑ Howe, Tony. "Sontag, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
  6. ↑ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (PDF). Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 701.
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