Wingate, Mississippi

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Wingate, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Wingate, Mississippi
Coordinates: 31°12′10″N89°00′05″W / 31.20278°N 89.00139°W / 31.20278; -89.00139
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Perry
Elevation
115 ft (35 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 601
GNIS feature ID695195 [1]

Wingate is an unincorporated community located in Perry County, Mississippi. [2]

History

Wingate is located on the former Illinois Central Railroad. [3] It was formerly home to a school, several stores, railroad stop, and two sawmills. [4] The railroad station was closed in 1912. [5]

A post office operated under the name Wingate from 1902 to 1926. [6]

Notes

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wingate, Mississippi
  2. ↑ "Wingate, Mississippi". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. ↑ Howe, Tony. "Wingate, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved April 30, 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. 986.
  5. ↑ Mississippi. Public Service Commission (1913). Biennial Report of the Public Service Commission of the State of Mississippi. p. 64.
  6. ↑ "Perry County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved April 30, 2020.


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