Battlefield, Mississippi

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Battlefield, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Battlefield, Mississippi
Coordinates: 32°32′48″N88°56′24″W / 32.54667°N 88.94000°W / 32.54667; -88.94000 Coordinates: 32°32′48″N88°56′24″W / 32.54667°N 88.94000°W / 32.54667; -88.94000
Country United States
State Mississippi
County Newton
Elevation
476 ft (145 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 601
GNIS feature ID689443 [1]

Battlefield is an unincorporated community located in Newton County, Mississippi United States. Its zip code is 39325. [2]

History

Battlefield, first located in adjacent Lauderdale County, Mississippi, was allegedly established on and named for a Choctaw battlefield. [3] Its first post office opened in 1849 before it was moved Newton County, Mississippi in March 1860. [4] The community served as the northern terminus of the Tallahatta Railroad and at one point had a number of businesses and churches, along with a school. [5] The post office stayed open until 1915. [6] The community has a cemetery, though all of its tombstones disappeared overnight in the 1970s. [7]

The community is now home to a dragstrip called the Battlefield Raceway. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Battlefield, Mississippi
  2. ↑ United States Postal Service (2021). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code" . Retrieved 2021-06-20.
  3. ↑ Brieger, James F (1997). Hometown Mississippi. Jackson, Miss.: Town Square Books, Inc. ISBN   978-1-886017-05-4. OCLC   38255017.
  4. ↑ "Appointment of Postmasters, 1832 - September 30, 1971". National Archives. 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
  5. ↑ Dunbar Rowland. Mississippi: comprising sketches of counties, towns, events, institutions ... University of Virginia. Southern Historical Publishing Association, 1907.
  6. ↑ "Notification Service | Post Offices". www.postalhistory.com. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
  7. ↑ Smith, Jackson Eliot; Smith, Robert Ervin (1997). Newton County, Mississippi: A Cemetery Census, 1782-1995 : a Labor of Love. EBRS Publishing Company.
  8. ↑ Dragstrip, Battlefield. "Welcome to Battlefield Dragstrip". Battlefield Dragstrip. Retrieved 2021-06-21.


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