Point, Mississippi

Unincorporated community in Mississippi, United States
32°18′41″N 88°53′26″W / 32.31139°N 88.89056°W / 32.31139; -88.89056CountryUnited StatesStateMississippiCountyLauderdaleElevation
276 ft (84 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP code
39320
Area code(s)601 & 769GNIS 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. ^ a b "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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