Point, Mississippi

Point is an unincorporated community in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, United States.[1] Its ZIP code is 39323.[2]

Point, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Point is located in Mississippi
Point
Point
Point is located in the United States
Point
Point
Coordinates: 32°18′41″N 88°53′26″W
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyLauderdale
Elevation
276 ft (84 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
39320
Area code(s)601 & 769
GNIS feature ID676166[1]

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 of 1907.[8]

Notes
  1. "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 2021-06-20.
  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. 29 January 1903. Retrieved 11 August 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 2021-06-20.


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