Vossburg, Mississippi | |
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 Vossburg Post Office | |
  Vossburg  Vossburg | |
| Coordinates: 31°55′44″N88°56′27″W / 31.92889°N 88.94083°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Mississippi |
| County | Jasper |
| Elevation | 495 ft (151 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 39366 |
| Area code(s) | 601 & 769 |
| GNIS feature ID | 690941 [1] |
Vossburg is an unincorporated community in Jasper County, Mississippi, United States. [1] Its ZIP code is 39366. [2]
Vossburg is located on the Norfolk Southern Railway. The community was incorporated in 1900. [3] The incorporation charter was repealed on March 17 in 1904. [4]
The community was once home to an express mail office, four stores, a church, school, and cotton gin. The community was also home to a Lithia spring that was used for its purported healing qualities. [5] The Vossburg Lithia Springs Company (based in Gulfport) advertised nationally and claimed that the water healed "albuminuria, diabetes mellitus, uric acid diathesis, [and] cystitis...". [6]
A post office operated under the name Vosburgh from 1882 to 1893, under the name Vosburg from 1893 to 1951, and first began operating under the name Vossburg in 1951. [7]
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